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The 16-Bit RPGs That Still Outclass Modern Games
Every few years I sit down with a modern blockbuster — some gorgeous, hundred-hour epic with a map the size of a…
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The Library That Vanished: Inside LeapArchive’s Rescue of LeapFrog’s Lost App Center
When LeapFrog switched off its App Center in 2021, the LeapPad and Leapster Explorer lost their entire digital library. One archivist has spent two years counting what was lost — all 1,958 titles of it.
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Fallout 4 at 11: The Wasteland That Swallowed a Winter
At a glance — Developer: Bethesda Game Studios · Publisher: Bethesda Softworks · Released: November 10, 2015 · Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4,…
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Marvel Cosmic Invasion: The Siege of Castle Doom — Doom Takes the Castle Tomorrow
Doom gets a castle, a countdown and — starting tomorrow — your evening. The Siege of Castle Doom, the new premium DLC…
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Commodore 64 Hidden Gems: The 8-Bit Library Hiding Behind the NES
If you grew up in an NES house, I understand. I had friends like you, and I ate dinner at your kitchen…
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GoldenEye 007 (1997) — The Split-Screen King’s Last Week on Game Pass
N64 · FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER · FROM THE VAULT — REPLAY REVIEW Developer: Rare · Publisher: Nintendo · Released: August 25, 1997 (North…
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Shrek 2 Remastered: The 2004 Tie-In Comes Back Tuesday
Far Far Away is so, so back — Aspyr’s words, and for once the marketing undersells it slightly. Shrek 2 Remastered launches…
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Viva Piñata at 20: The Garden That Hid a Hardcore Sim
XBOX 360 · GARDEN SIMULATION · RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW Developer: Rare · Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios · Released: November 9, 2006 · Genre:…
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Halo 2 at 22: The Night Xbox Live Grew Up
XBOX · FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER · RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW Developer: Bungie · Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios · Released: November 9, 2004 · Genre: First-person…
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The GeForce 8800 GTX at 20: The Card That Taught PCs to Compute
Twenty years ago today — November 8, 2006 — the biggest, hungriest graphics card most of us had ever handled went on…
