From the den
Read. Explore. Discover.
I loved Counter-Strike when it was a Half-Life mod. From my Danish Beta 6 coverdisc and cs_mansion to the Steam version I never connected with, this is the CS I still miss.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
