From the den
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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.
PC Planet gave Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 95% in 2005. I grew up with GTA, played the original on PlayStation, went through London, GTA 2, GTA III and Vice City, and still never particularly liked San Andreas. The opening bicycle sequence is one of the first things I remember about it, mostly because I […]
Thirteen PC game cases for 26 kroner at Mission Afrika genbrug in Frederikssund. Two kroner a case, and an extra game turned up when I opened Age of Empires: a loose Claw disc. No cover, no matching box, just a pirate cat sitting inside a strategy game. I normally try to keep these second-hand PC […]
Empire Earth II wanted to put most of human history on one battlefield. Fifteen epochs, fourteen civilizations, changing resources, borders, diplomacy, weather and armies that could grow from early warriors into machinery from the future. PC Planet Denmark gave it 85% in 2005. I understand the attraction. I also understand why, after all that ambition, […]
I have seven Hitman games in my Steam library, and I still would not call myself a Hitman fan. Blood Money got some of my time. Absolution got considerably more. I have played a little World of Assassination too, but the older games mostly sit there. Having a series in my collection does not mean […]
My friend found a pile of old PC games, sent me the photos and prices, and suddenly there were 29 boxes heading into my collection for 136 DKK. Four second-hand stops, two games completely free, and nothing more expensive than seven kroner. At that price, I am not going to sit there arguing with myself […]
A LEGO robot, a PC and a secret mission that ended up on the floor instead of staying inside the monitor. I like that idea. LEGO Spybotics tried it in 2002, with four small robots built around programmable electronics. The computer gave you the briefing and the settings. Your room supplied the battlefield. It is […]
I liked Battlefield 2. I still do. This is one of the few multiplayer games my friend Shilka and I spent a lot of time playing together, and that is why it stays with me. I have been gaming since the 1980s. I have seen enough shooters come and go to know that a huge […]
A shorter, louder, and weaker side story to the original Crysis This is Kiba Snowpaw, and Crysis Warhead is one of those games where I can see what the developers were trying to do and still think they made the wrong choice. Take the island from Crysis, give Psycho the lead, squeeze the campaign tighter […]
Crysis is one of those games I do not just review. I survive it. The original PC disc. A Linux desktop. A nanosuit that never has enough battery. And an old graphics legend that still knows how to make a computer fight back. And yes, this is Crysis. The old beast. The game that became […]
