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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006 PC Disc) Review: I Love It, but the World Can Feel Empty

I love The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I have completed it hundreds of times, going back to the Xbox 360 version when it came out. I also own it on Steam. This review comes from returning to my original PC disc, with a lot of mods installed through Vortex under Wine. Cyrodiil is enormous, but […]

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Clive Barker’s Jericho in 2007: PC Planet’s 91% and the QTEs I Hated

PC Planet gave Clive Barker’s Jericho 91% in 2007. I played it on Xbox 360 when it came out and returned to it once later. Reading that score now, I can recognise the game the reviewer describes, but I remember being frustrated far more often than I remember enjoying it. The monsters, blood, ruined buildings […]

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Xodus on Linux: I Still Want Games I Can Keep

Xodus is a pretty damn impressive project. An open-source attempt to bring Xbox PC games to Linux, working on the pieces Microsoft has never provided there. I like seeing developers take something that supposedly needs Windows and start pulling that requirement apart. I have spent stupid amounts of time getting Windows software working through Wine […]

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