From the den
Read. Explore. Discover.
I’ve played all the main Sims games but never became a fan. A guide from Computer Tips & Tricks 5/2000 covers the original, alongside my thoughts on expansions and my Sims 4 gameplay.
Fallout 1 and 2 were extremely hard for me, but I still rate their quality highest. A 1998 Fallout 2 preview brings back those memories, while New Vegas remains my favourite.
Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2 are among my favourite games. Revisiting CD-ROM Spil’s 1998 preview brings back the digging, building and battles, alongside a sixteen-player promise that became four and the sequel I still wish Bullfrog had made.
I completed Diablo II several times, while the Butcher kept killing me in the original. Revisiting CD-ROM Spil’s 1998 preview brings back that history, its unfulfilled promises, Diablo III’s Rift grind, and Blizzard’s growing control over the games we buy.
I revisit CD-ROM Spil’s 1998 Baldur’s Gate preview, the childhood game I barely remember, and why Baldur’s Gate 3’s D&D mechanics never won me over.
I have played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Alan Wake, a little Hitman: Blood Money and Call of Juarez. Put those games into a magazine top ten and it might sound as though somebody has found a list made for me. Then I remember how quickly Alan’s flashlight lost me, how little I liked most […]
Dansk PC Gaming World issue 7/2005 put eight games in its “Fantasy & Science Fiction” strategy ranking. There were space fleets, dinosaurs, fantasy armies, role-playing elements and a giant creature helping you play god. Looking at the list now, I understand why it sounded exciting. I also know how quickly some of these games can […]
I have played two games from PC Gaming World’s military-strategy top ten in issue 7/2005: Company of Heroes and Joint Task Force. Company of Heroes felt weird to me, and I did not really like it. Joint Task Force came to me through my friend Shilka, who bought a multi-CD edition while he was in […]
Issue 7/2005 of Dansk PC Gaming World put Age of Empires III first on its list of eight historical strategy games. Looking through the page now, I recognise several games I own and a few I have tried, but the magazine’s enthusiasm rarely matches my own. I recently got hold of Age of Empires III, […]
I tried The Sims 2 when it was new, but it never did much for me. Most of the other names on this page meant nothing to me. That was my first reaction to the building and life simulator list in issue 7/2005 of Dansk PC Gaming World: eight ranked games, and hardly anything I […]
