By John Walker on August 20th, 2009 at 12:00 pm.
Can it only be two years? Rock, Paper, Shotgun feels like such a fixture of the internet it’s hard to imagine a time before we existed. Don’t try – it’s bleak, dank and induces vomiting. This very day, two years ago, Rock, Paper, Shotgun began existing on the internet. (Okay Mr and Mrs Super-Fussy, it’s true there are posts from July 07, but that was us mucking about and the site launched in August, so you’re a wrongface.)
As we enter our terrible twos, it seems important to look back at what got us here over the past year. (To see what got us through the first, head here.) We’ve been a mixture of exclusive previews and reviews, unique interviews, exquisite Wot I Thinks, Verdicts and Impressions, and the sorts of features and wordythinks that make us unlike any other site. What we’re saying is, we’re bloody awesome. And so are you. We love you, and we love that you read our site.
Wot I Thinks & Reviews
We have opinions, and we share them at all costs. In fact, at no costs. Here’s the last year’s bunch in no order decipherable by man:
Bookworm Adventures 2
The Blackwell Convergence
Trine
Time Gentlemen Please
Anno 1404: Dawn Of Discovery
Arma II
Prototype
Damnation
Killing Floor
Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena
Plants Vs. Zombies
Demigod
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Men Of War
Tom Clancy’s HAWX
Empire: Total War
Dawn Of War II
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
Rise Of The Argonauts
Burnout Paradise
Mirror’s Edge
Saints Row 2
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Space Giraffe
Prince Of Persia
Spore
Zeno Clash
World Of Goo
Left 4 Dead
Cogs
The Path
Demigod
Stalin Vs. Martians
Overlord 2
Braid
Drakensang
Dawn Of War II Multiplayer
Previews
Sometimes games can be seen before they’re born. Here’s all the ultrasound-based writing we performed in the last year:
DIRT 2
Section 8
Borderlands
Order Of War
Champions Online
Mafia II
BioShock 2
Red Faction: Guerilla
Ruse
Dragon Age
Battlefield 1943
The Old Republic
Love
An Hour With
On some occasions it’s important to tell you about the first hour of a game. These are two of those occasions:
Retro
Games from the past aren’t gone. They aren’t lost to us! We have love for them, and we share it with you.
MegaBiff! It’s Megarace
Manhunt
Dead Space
Rogue Trooper
Dredd Versus Death
Fable
Evil Genius
Outrun 2006: Coast To Coast
Where Time Stood Still
The Thing
Sacrifice
SWAT 4
Features
Oh boy, do we write features. From controversial anger-inducing rants to thoughtful meditations on matters of our minds, topical events to nonsense whimsy, these are the chunks of meat around which we arrange our vegetables. Dive in.
The Oh Dear Hunter: Tunnel Rats 1968
The Girl Who Wanted To Be God
Having A Good Cry
Book: Game Addiction
The Majesty Of Welcome Tape
Education As Deception: The Logical Journey
China And The Future Of Gaming
Develop 09: Is Digital Distribution The PC Saviour?
Letters Of Love: Galatea
Darkfallout
Some Stuff About Open World Games
Smashing Stuff: Burnout Paradise Revisited
Why Can’t I Teleport In MMOs?
Didn’t Beat It: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
Rock, Paper, Houseshare: The RPS Sims
Fuel: Around The World In Eight Hours
Roburky’s Dwarf Fortress Diary
Day Of The Jackals: The Brits Invade CMSF
Bohemia Rhapsody? RPS Debates ArmA II
The Cosplay Of Doing Business: The MCM Expo
The TF2 Unlock Teacup-Storm
The Extraordinary Saga Of Left Behind
Checking For A Pulse: Doom 3 Mods
Touched By The Hand Of Mod: Dear Esther
Velvet Assassin: Sick Filth or Slick Thrills?
Locked Door
Step By Steppe: Men Of War
Warring Factions: Six Days In Fallujah Controversy
The Making Of Monopoly Tycoon
Snake To Death: The Majesty Of Spelunky
Nolan Bushnell: “Games Are Good For You”
Unreal Tournament 3 And The New Lazarus Effect
Don’t Stop Moving (Capital): HighStreet 5
Should Gaming Age Ratings Be Enforced?
Y’know, For Kids: Thoughts On Free Realms
When Legends Fade: A Farewell To King’s Bounty
Forever Young, The Tragedy Of Bloodlines
John Romero Makes Me His Bitch
Fallout 3 New Content, Adventures In GFWL
The Planetside War: Weekend Warriors
ZangbandTK: Confessions of a Dungeon Hack
Gaming In The Russian Cosmos, Part 1
Gaming In The Russian Cosmos, Part 2
The Top 10 Angry Internet Man Angerers of 2008
Korea
Flying Lessons
Oiligarcy: Crude Oil Meets Crude Politics
Quicksave-Fail: The Agony and The Ecstacy
The season Of The Witch
World Of Goo Piracy Rate: “82%”
In Holy Murloctrimony
Our Man In Northrend
Ninth Art Meets Tenth Art: Games To Comics
The Witcher Done Good?
Behind The Scenes On City of Heroes
Notes from the Underground: The Thinkosium!
The Trouble With Other People
Deux Ex 3: Inflammatory Hit-Chasing Quote Special
NSFW: Boneland Demo: Hotttttttttt Coffee?
A Fuller Life: HL1 vs HL2
King’s Bounty: My Zombie Wife & The Belt O’Doom
RPS Criminal Acts Special: Deus Ex 3 Break-In
Tron in 3D And Awesome: Armagetron
RPS Demands: 10 Things All PC Games Should Do
Gamers Are Here: Middle East Gaming
Ultro Mega Features
Sometimes a feature isn’t enough. Sometimes we need to break out the RPS Ultro Mega Feature. Features bigger than we know how to control.
Gaming Made Me
It begins with the four of us reminiscing about the moments of our gaming pasts that contributed to the people we are today. We then opened the floor to our wonderful regular contributors, and then to developers and games industry peeps who were kind enough to provide their personal stories. It’s a fabulous thing.
RPS At E3
This year John Walker was sent to LA to struggle through the horrors of E3. He saw games, so many games. He wrote about as many of them as his tired, confused fingers could manage.
The Complete 7-In-1 Magnetic Family Game
This year Kieron went on holiday. And seemingly got a bit too much sun, leading him to reviewing the contents of a 7 in 1 collection of magnetic board games. Well yes. An intriguing experiment.
Paul Barnett
There’s this guy we know, a guy called Paul Barnett. He’s two useful things: smart and talkative. The results of this very often appear on RPS, collected together here.
NYCC
In February this year, Kieron spent some time at New York Comic Con, and sent many reports back about what his eyes had spied. Collected here.
Unknown Pleasures 2009
The new year so often leads gaming sites and magazines to look forward at the big name games that will be coming out that year. RPS decided to look forward to the games that we were looking forward to that people may not have heard of. The Unknown Pleasures, all here.
The Complete Now That’s What I Call A Best 2008
Entire years are big, unwieldy things. At the end of 2008 we gathered it all together in one basket, and explained why it had been such a splendid year for PC gaming.
A Fool In Morrowind
Alec has been playing Morrowind, and rather splendidly, has been chronicling his adventures in a diary of many parts. Read them all here.
Interviews
It’s not only our thoughts we’re interested in! How could you think that? Here’s the interviews RPS has conducted over the last year, either face-to-face or via emailed questions, so we can all increase our brainknows.
Zombie Cow Again
Roy Meredith On Championship Manager
NOD And A Wink: C&C4’s Producer Explains All
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Randy Pitchford
Jagex
Zombie Cow
Hidden Path Entertainment
Mysteries Of Westgate
Frontier Psychiatry: Wurm Online Interview
Valve On L4D2 Controversy
Johan Andersson On Hearts Of Iron 3
Unknown Worlds
GSC On Call Of Pripyat
FrozenByte’s Lauri Hyvärinen
Guild Wars’ Eric Flannum
Reakktor Talk Black Prophecy
BioShock 2
Ragnar Tørnquist On The Secret World
Fallen Earth’s Marie Croall
Paperboy: Felix Bohatsch On ‘And Yet It Moves’
Dangerous High School Girls In Award Ceremonies
PCGA President Randy Stude Talks Methodology
Jason Schklar on Useability
Bloodlines’ B Mitsoda
CyberSport On Football Superstars
Derek Smart On All Aspects Warfare
StarWraith On Evochron Legends
Massive On Soviet Assault As “The Director’s Cut”
Capcom On Digital Distribution, PC Ubiquity
Bohemia On Arma II
Codies on FUEL
Frictional Games On Penumbra And The Future
Mezmer Games
Games Faction on Project Aftermath
“Unexplored Territory”: The Cactus Interview
Ice Pick Lodge
Matt Wagner On Black Shark
Behind The Bad (People At Telltale)
RPS Speaks Exclusively To Videlectrix*
Flashbang
Cities XL
Love
Empire: Total War
2D BOY
Mount & Blade
Hinterland Designer Diary
Jeffrey Steefel on LOTRO: Mines of Moria
Pete Hines On Fallout 3 Mods
Spore’s Lead Designer On Spore’s Design
Kerberos On Sword Of The Stars
David Braben on all things PC
Podcast
And of course there’s the podcast! 26 episodes old, it started off recorded on a piece of string tied to a wooden board, and has evolved into something that’s (almost always) of finest audio quality. You can find them all here.
In Conclusion
Thank you. That’s the most important thing to say. It’s great fun to be RPS. We’re different from the other gaming sites, and we think that’s why you read us in your large numbers. Tell everyone else you know to read us too, and we’ll get bigger, better, and eventually become giant killer robots who will destroy the world. Which is what everyone wants. A extra-big double thank you with sugar (or sugar-substitute, if you’re worried about your health) on top goes to our super-lovely subscribers and donors. Thanks to them, we’re now able to cover our bandwidth costs – and every new subscriber means we can spend more time focusing on RPS, rather than on the external freelance work we need to pay our individual bills. Thank you.
The other important thank you goes to our regular contributors, Quintin Smith and Tim Stone, and most recently Lewie Proctor. They are heroes, and we love them and their amazing work dearly. You should love them too. Go find them and tell them you love them. With tongues.
Happy birthday, us.
20/08/2009 at 12:02 Finn says:
As the kids say, “Gratz!”
20/08/2009 at 12:04 Tony says:
JUBILATIONS
20/08/2009 at 12:06 coupsan says:
Congratulatory handshakes all around!
20/08/2009 at 12:08 Surgeon says:
Happy Birthday gents!
RPS is truly the greatest PC gaming site on the magical interweb.
20/08/2009 at 12:08 Ian says:
I love you too, RPS.
I wish I could remember what brought me here in the first place. I have a vague recollection of the picture at the top of the first article I remember seeing here but not much more than that.
20/08/2009 at 12:08 Mike says:
Perhaps this calls for another donation.
20/08/2009 at 12:09 Count Zero says:
Happy Birthday!!
I’ve been reading this site daily for what seems like forever now, and I have to say I wouldn’t have realized it’s only been two years. Thank you for all the great work and for reminding a jaded soul of why he got into PC games to begin with. Keep it up!
20/08/2009 at 12:14 fishmitten says:
HBD!!
20/08/2009 at 12:14 KBKarma says:
Twosies! Happy birthday! hard to believe, isn’t it?
20/08/2009 at 12:15 Fede says:
Happy Birthday RPS :)
20/08/2009 at 12:15 Kast says:
Huzzah!
20/08/2009 at 12:16 rei says:
You called it a “podcast” again, didn’t you?
20/08/2009 at 12:16 DMJ says:
Ding!
Go buy some new skills at the trainer.
20/08/2009 at 12:16 Mortiz says:
Happy bday! Love your site, keep up the good work!
20/08/2009 at 12:17 Rinox says:
Congrats dudes. RPS is by far the most amusing and best-written PC gaming site that I know. Thanks for all the good time. :-)
20/08/2009 at 12:17 Mr. Stoff says:
Well congratulations my dear chaps! Now wheres the party and more importantly the cake?
20/08/2009 at 12:17 Andrew Dunn says:
Hard to believe it’s two years already! You always seem so youthful and I think Kieron is still teething and learning his first words.
Congratulations you folks.
20/08/2009 at 12:18 RC-1290'Dreadnought' says:
Some stuff about valve that was both interesting and funny brought me here. For all I knew, the site had been going since the day I was born(1876), so that’s got to say something. Not sure what exactly, but probably something along the line: Congratulation with your second spawnday!
20/08/2009 at 12:18 Dead Fish says:
Happy Birthday, RPS!! <3 That cake is well deserved.
20/08/2009 at 12:18 JoeDuck says:
Happy birthday and congratulations!
Also, lots of friendly salutations to all fellow readers, we prove every day that the most important PC exclusive there is, is it’s community.
And there’s even cake!
20/08/2009 at 12:21 postx says:
Do I have to sing the song?
20/08/2009 at 12:21 RLacey says:
Congratulations.
Have a subscription on me. Call it a birthday present (though I’ve been mulling over it for a while anyway). I certainly get much better value out of this site than any of the magazines I read.
20/08/2009 at 12:21 Riotpoll says:
Happy Birthday RPS,
probably my most visited sight on the internet.
20/08/2009 at 12:21 Falwell says:
Ok I’m calling bullshit on this one because I swear we just went through the year one birthday like two months ago.
Regardless, grats, even if you are liars.
20/08/2009 at 12:22 mesmertron says:
Huzzah. In fact, Huzzah!!
20/08/2009 at 12:22 Tworak says:
well done guys
20/08/2009 at 12:22 Gap Gen says:
Best of luck with your next two billion kilometres around the Sun.
20/08/2009 at 12:23 Da'Jobat says:
Happy birthday RPS, only 16 years until you get A level results on your birthday! I predict you take Computing, Maths and English.
20/08/2009 at 12:24 Mithrandir0x says:
Congratulations and happy birthday, RPS!!
20/08/2009 at 12:24 stone says:
[asskissing start]
I must say that RPS is the only site I read daily these days. I used to read Eurogamer a lot, but now I don’t feel the need. You guys rock. And remember – 2 calendar years is like 8 internet years. you’ve beena around a long time now! pat yourselves on the back. [stop]
btw – how about a flash game summary section of the year taht has gone by. I’d love to bookmark that – for a little casual friday gaming-at-work. I know I could probably use a tag search for this, but I’m lazy, and also a demanding reader.
20/08/2009 at 12:25 Colthor says:
Good show, chaps. Happy Birthday!
20/08/2009 at 12:25 Man Raised By Puffins says:
@ Ian: It’s RPS’s first birthday cake (fashioned after the infamous Portal cake) with an extra candle cunningly photoshopped in. Ergo, this cake is a lie.
Happy Birthday RPS, and may all the contributors which so merrily infest you continue to excrete wordythinks for mine amusement!
20/08/2009 at 12:27 Okami says:
How time passes.
I can remember reading RPS when nobody knew them and they were still cool and underground and stuff like that. These days they’ve totally sold out and it’s coke and hookers all day long.
Well done, gentlemen, well done!
20/08/2009 at 12:27 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Happy birthday, guys. And let’s try not to ruin the whole thing so we can at least see another year of RPS. ;)
20/08/2009 at 12:28 crumbsucker says:
I remember searching google for info on Pathologic, and found Quinns’ Butchering Pathologic articles on RPS. I visit every day since then. RPS and Eurogamer are the only gaming sites I check regularly.
20/08/2009 at 12:28 shervinrs says:
Happy Birthday RPS.
20/08/2009 at 12:29 Mike says:
Happy Birthday! I’ve been reading almost everyday for a year and a half and shall henceforth continue.
20/08/2009 at 12:30 Jim says:
Happy Birthday!!
20/08/2009 at 12:31 pauleyc says:
Mmmm, cake…
Happy Birthday RPS!
20/08/2009 at 12:35 chaves says:
Congratulations, RPS!
You’ve been the first site in my morning web surfing for a long time now. And all because of that Sacrifice retrospective (and Kieron’s linkage in his Cradle article, at his blog).
I hope you keep growing strong and, most importantly, with the same editorial mindset.
20/08/2009 at 12:36 AndrewC says:
I really am so awesome.
20/08/2009 at 12:37 westyfield says:
Congratulations RPS! Here’s hoping the third year is as good as the last two!
20/08/2009 at 12:38 rob says:
hearty congratulations – the best gaming site out there and still only a toddler!
I like to think of RPS as the Top Gear of gaming, which you’d probably take offence at, but, oh well.
20/08/2009 at 12:39 Machina says:
Fantastic stuff, RPS. Keep up the good work.
20/08/2009 at 12:39 Novotny says:
Happy birthday!
20/08/2009 at 12:41 Cooper says:
Happy Birthday, you
20/08/2009 at 12:41 Jasper says:
I would say 136 years no?
20/08/2009 at 12:43 Hunty says:
And long may it continue!
20/08/2009 at 12:44 Kadayi says:
Congratulations on reducing my productivity, my bosses are extremely grateful ;)
20/08/2009 at 12:44 Fashigady says:
Happy birthday, and yay for giant killer robots!
20/08/2009 at 12:45 gulag says:
Seems like longer. Keep up the good work. Can’t wait to see where you go in your third year.
That reminds me. I must renew my subscription to your fine publication site blog game thing.
20/08/2009 at 12:45 Markoff Chaney says:
I’d sing the song, but it is copyrighted and I don’t want to stir up cries of piracy due to an unauthorized broadcast of copyrighted material in a celebratory post. In its absence, I’ll express Gratitude and Congratulations for the last couple years (even if I was a couple months late finding you) and hope we have more years to come. Cheers!
20/08/2009 at 12:50 dartt says:
*wipes away a tear* They grow up so fast.
Happy Birthday RPS!
20/08/2009 at 12:50 TheApologist says:
Well played all.
Out of nappies yet?
20/08/2009 at 12:50 itsallcrap says:
#Happy Birthday to youuuuu,
Happy Bir#
I think we can get away witrh that much under ‘fair usage’.
20/08/2009 at 12:56 Kieron Gillen says:
Since we’ve just a few new subscribers, I offer a general thanks.
KG
20/08/2009 at 12:56 Fazer says:
Only two years? It certainly felt as a couple times more. Happy Birthday, chaps!
20/08/2009 at 12:57 Ian says:
Happy birthday! Here’s to many more!
20/08/2009 at 13:01 Hal says:
This truly is a remarkable site, with some amazing writers contributing. It’s filled with intelligent, humorous and articulate writings on games as direct experiences and games as a medium.
Donations all around!
20/08/2009 at 13:02 Schaulustiger says:
I can’t remember how I got here, but I know that I enjoyed every visit ever since. RPS is the only gaming journalism that I still care about.
Keep up the good work!
20/08/2009 at 13:05 Schaulustiger says:
Oh, I always wanted to subscribe but unfortunately PayPal isn’t allowing a subscription. Does anyone have the same problem? I’m from Germany, may that be the reason (not the UK vs. GER stuff, I mean cross-border Paypal payment)?
20/08/2009 at 13:07 Xercies says:
Yay Its two…may it contunue for longer then that as well.
20/08/2009 at 13:09 Ben Abraham says:
Happy BOTH-day! That is how you British chaps say it isn’t it? Pip, Pip!
20/08/2009 at 13:09 Km says:
Congrats guys! You make every day worth not doing enough work. Just started my subcription!
20/08/2009 at 13:10 Klaus says:
Happy Birthday, you sons of b- anyways. I got here looking for opinions on Heather Poe from Bloodlines. I love everybody. With Tongues.
20/08/2009 at 13:11 jRides says:
Happy Birthday RPS! :)
20/08/2009 at 13:12 The_B says:
And now the terrible twos begin, where Walker cries a lot, Alec throws tantrums, Jim starts asking awkward questions and Kieron goes to places he really shouldn’t.
Oh, waitasec…
(HYPPY BYRTHDAYE RPS! May your reign continue to be long and glorious)
20/08/2009 at 13:13 Heliosicle says:
Happy Burfday, it seems to really have taken off in the past year
I thank Dog who happened to introduce me to this site…
20/08/2009 at 13:14 LewieP says:
Happy birthday RPS!
Thanks for letting me put words on your pretty site, and thanks readers for tolerating my typos.
<3
20/08/2009 at 13:19 unique_identifier says:
SHOW ME WHAT PASSES FOR CELEBRATION AMONGST YOUR MISBEGOTTEN KIND
20/08/2009 at 13:20 Risingson says:
Happy Birthday and please keep on doing things that well!
20/08/2009 at 13:20 Lack_26 says:
To show your feelings about RPS please fill out the following form.
I [love/hate/cuddle/stalk] RPS because [it/they/HIM]] [saved/killed/destroyed/ate] my [life/mother/Mother-in Law/cat/Virginity/interest in games]. Further more I hereby declare that [I/we/my family/my cat] will [donate/grudgingly give/leave in my will] to RPS the [well deserved/princely/apocalyptic] sum of [£/$] [500/10000/my entire life savings]. I do this only because [I love RPS/they are threatening to kill me/they have my cat/Kieron stole my credit card] and no other reason and that RPS should definitely not be blamed in any way or sent to prison.
Yours faithfully [Your Name]
20/08/2009 at 13:23 NukeLord says:
Happy Birthday!
Other blogs are Nothing Compared to RPS!
20/08/2009 at 13:24 l1ddl3monkey says:
Happy Birthday! Hugs for all (except you Gillen, because you look a lot like me – or vice versa – and I’m not that narcissistic).
I can’t believe that an entire thread exists with that image and no one has made any reference as to the supposed validity of the confectionary.
Glad to see that we RPS folk know a dead meme when we see one.
20/08/2009 at 13:27 fulis says:
Hurray! =D
20/08/2009 at 13:35 Matthew says:
Happy birthday, lovely boys!
20/08/2009 at 13:35 Subject 706 says:
@ l1ddl3monkey
Allow me : THE CAKE IS A LIE!
But happy birthday anyway RPS, you bastions of journalistic integrity and gaming goodness!
20/08/2009 at 13:36 Fergas says:
Happy Birthday RPS you sexy nerds :)
20/08/2009 at 13:37 Asskicker says:
Gongratz Gentlemen.
Keep up the good work :)
20/08/2009 at 13:41 SuperNashwan says:
Congratulations on two years of the bestest games journalism on the interwebs. Whatever it is that motivates you lot to give up enormous amounts of quality content for entirely free, thanks and long may it continue!
20/08/2009 at 13:42 Man Raised By Puffins says:
@ l1ddl3monkey: Look harder.
20/08/2009 at 13:42 The Poisoned Sponge says:
Thanks RPS.
Without you guys, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t know half the cool internet folks I do, which in turn would mean I wouldn’t be inspired to actually get off my arse and start writing. 2 years is a pretty long time on the web, and you guys are in no small way the reason I’m doing as well as I am right now.
Thanks chaps, and Happy Birthday.
20/08/2009 at 13:43 Vanguard says:
@l1ddl3monkey
There already was one from Man Raised By Puffins. ;)
Anyway congratulations RPS.
20/08/2009 at 13:44 MacBeth says:
Honestly I had to de-link my card from my paypal account so I am not subscribed at the moment, but I will surely resubscribe just as soon as that’s sorted out…
Came here looking for TF2 articles just after it came out, have spread the word and RPS has been at the top of my bookmark list ever since…
Three cheers for the Hive Mind!
20/08/2009 at 13:45 cdm says:
Rock on RPS
20/08/2009 at 13:47 duel says:
I love you RPS – PC gaming since 1873!
20/08/2009 at 13:47 Mister Hands says:
Happy Birthday RPS! Wub you!
20/08/2009 at 13:51 KindredPhantom says:
Many happy returns RPS.
http://humour.200ok.com.au/img/pancake_bunny.jpg
20/08/2009 at 13:55 Wirbelwind says:
Congratulations, Happy Birthday. Here’s to 2 more years.
And hopefully some more too!
20/08/2009 at 13:55 EvilMonk3y says:
Congratulations RPS!! May the quality continue.
20/08/2009 at 13:56 cyrenic says:
Congrats to the best site on the internets.
20/08/2009 at 13:59 Jarmo says:
Happy Terrible Twos, Rock, Paper, Shotgun! It is very good to have you with us. I wish you long life and the prosperity you richly deserve!
20/08/2009 at 14:02 Stense says:
Happy Birthday and a lifetime of yays! for your troubles.
Just promise that when you do become giant killer robots, and the inevitable happand and you go stomping all over our houses, you wave and say hello as you squish us.
20/08/2009 at 14:02 Joq says:
Happy birthday, you are awesome.
20/08/2009 at 14:04 Joinn says:
Took you long enough!
20/08/2009 at 14:05 Paul Moloney says:
Happy birthday – certainly the only blog I’d pay good hard money for. :)
20/08/2009 at 14:06 Dan(WR) says:
Happy Birthday! You are the bestest of the interwub.
20/08/2009 at 14:10 sfury says:
HB, RPS! HB!
20/08/2009 at 14:11 James Tao says:
Happy Birthday, guys~
20/08/2009 at 14:14 Kua says:
I love you, RPS.
20/08/2009 at 14:19 dingo says:
All the best! Read you daily and spend far too much money based on your recommendations. :)
I just subscribed so spend my money wisely in proudly holding up the PC gaming colours and never give even a meter of ground to the consoles!
@Schaulustiger: Worked flawlessly with my German Paypal account. No idea why it doesn’t work for you. Maybe switch to “English” as default language in Paypal (like I have by default) to test whether it works.
20/08/2009 at 14:19 Synneth says:
Woo, happy birthday! Keep on truckin’…well not actually trucking…writing – oh and those podcasts…and interviews: basically more of the same please, thanks.
Also…cake, the kind with jam in, a big slice…ta.
20/08/2009 at 14:19 mcw says:
Thank you and a happy second birthday !
20/08/2009 at 14:20 The Fanciest of Pants says:
Here’s to many more, an ongoing thanks, RPS hivemind.
20/08/2009 at 14:23 Heliocentric says:
Happy birthday you 3, but not you, you dirty degenerate! You know who you are.
20/08/2009 at 14:39 Scott Kevill says:
Congrats, guys, it definitely seems longer than that.
20/08/2009 at 14:41 groovychainsaw says:
Happy birthday to the only pc site on the net worth reading. Keep up the good work boys ;-)
20/08/2009 at 14:46 Soundofvictory says:
Congrats RPS! Here’s to another decade of the best gaming blog around.
20/08/2009 at 14:48 hoof says:
Well done, keep up the good work, best gaming site on the internet by miles.
20/08/2009 at 14:51 Sartoris says:
Happy birthday, and an especially moist kiss on the brow to the prettier two of the podcast crew.
20/08/2009 at 14:52 Wolfox says:
This was a triumph.
I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Happy Birthday! :-)
20/08/2009 at 14:53 mister k says:
I love rps! Long may it prosper.
20/08/2009 at 14:54 Ludo says:
Well done guys, really great site. I’m always impressed with the amount of stuff you throw up each day, long may it continue!
Happy birthday!
20/08/2009 at 14:55 The Archetype says:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
They grow up so fast :)
20/08/2009 at 14:56 Clovus says:
Happy B-Day… I think I’ll subscribe….
I can haz more of “the sorts of features and wordythinks that make us unlike any other site”? You know, the awesome stuff that gets a “This is why I love RPS” posts? I understand they take time….
20/08/2009 at 15:00 Nevarion says:
Congratulations! :)
20/08/2009 at 15:03 Lach says:
There’s not many sites I’d consider paying a subscription too, but I’ve never once regretted paying one for RPS. Keep up the fantastic work.
20/08/2009 at 15:04 Matt says:
Yay! Happy Burfdees!
20/08/2009 at 15:20 Nameykins says:
Yay for this site being awesome! It’s the single best source of anything gaming related I’d be interested in and hope you guys will stick around for more good years to come!
20/08/2009 at 15:23 ssonicblue says:
RPS is, far and away, my favorite gaming blog. I only wish you had more writers, but I know that the advent of more employees would likely mean the end of the website’s signature style. Happy birthday, you four. Curiously, my dad’s birthday was yesterday.
Who wants to start an RPS Fallen Earth Beta Newbie Group? (The RPSFEBNG, duh.)
20/08/2009 at 15:26 Tyrone Slothrop says:
Keep up the witty and incisive commentary and keep more developers honest by rejecting the subservience other publications have for hype and propaganda.
20/08/2009 at 15:30 Lintman says:
Congratulations, guys!
20/08/2009 at 15:32 qrter says:
Congratulations, fine young men.
20/08/2009 at 15:33 ascagnel says:
I can’t believe its been 2 years. I started reading this site since it was one of the few I could get to & comment on at a job I had in summer 2007, back when Peggle was the greatest thing ever (and a measure of file size), TF2 was constantly changing, Ozzy was still the one and only Prince of Darkness, Duke Nukem Forever was a hopeful running joke, STALKER was broken, nobody cared about anything Quake, and zombies kicked ass…
On second thought, not *that* much has changed in two years.
20/08/2009 at 15:42 abhishek says:
Congratulations to the RPS crew. A PC centric, indie/mod loving blog where internet discussions are actually civil? I wouldn’t have believed it was possible until I found RPS.
Keep up the good work! :)
20/08/2009 at 15:42 darthpugwash says:
Huzzah! For one of the best gaming-based sites on the web! Keep up the good work.
20/08/2009 at 15:46 rmtx97 says:
you guys rock
i spread the word almost daily on how RPS is THE pc blog to read
20/08/2009 at 15:47 Stupoider says:
Happy Birthday, RPS!
20/08/2009 at 15:47 JonFitt says:
Well done. Beers all round.
20/08/2009 at 15:48 Ben says:
Happy Birthday number two, RPS. You guys should be really proud of what you accomplish here.
20/08/2009 at 15:55 E-we says:
Cognrats
Also the cake picture might be the most digusting looking one I’ve ever ecountered on the internets!
20/08/2009 at 15:56 Pace says:
You guys need to pimp that ‘donate ..’ button more often! Somehow I never seemed to get around to it until today. (I know, I’m horrible.) We just need some reminders every now and then..
20/08/2009 at 15:57 Rohit says:
August 20 is my birthday, too.
20/08/2009 at 16:10 Tei says:
Congrats!
20/08/2009 at 16:20 radomaj says:
It’s the Angry Internet Man opposite day. Cheers! Happy Birthday! I may send you a lame birtday card in e-mail using my nonexistent Photopaintshoppicturegraphic skills.
20/08/2009 at 16:29 bonuswavepilot says:
Have one on me guys. Just tell the barkeep to stick it on my tab.
20/08/2009 at 16:31 Billzor says:
Happy B-day! Now, about that Secret World thing…
20/08/2009 at 16:32 PleasingFungus says:
Hooray for RPS! I couldn’t get through my days without you. (Well, I could, but they’d be sadder days. Deprived of mirth and wit. So just as well I don’t have to worry about it!)
20/08/2009 at 16:37 cubed2D says:
congratulations and all that chaps!
20/08/2009 at 16:49 Martin Coxall says:
I tried to replay Fable: The Lost Chapters. It doesn’t work on Vista. POOPY.
20/08/2009 at 16:50 Zaphid says:
Gratz!
I always picture RPS as a lone flaship of PC and indie games that is threatened by Xbox storms, massive Wiirpools and big black kraken from the depths of the ocean. Although at least one of you would get seasick in that scenario and ruin it.
Hope you will go on until the last console breaks and is forgotten !
20/08/2009 at 16:51 G_Man says:
Its my birthday as well :), happy birthday to us both.
20/08/2009 at 16:53 kwanchu says:
Happy birfday yah mutts, enjoyment all around even your podcasts that sound like they have been recorded inside a tin can
20/08/2009 at 17:01 James G says:
Well merry birthday and all that jazz. You’ve cost me a lot of money in your time, in terms of cool Indie games which I would probably never heard of otherwise, not to mention the small monthly payment which has been making its way to you since I got my act together just last month. Oh, and Jim’s book. On the flipside I have however profited by a copy of Crysis and a HL2 T-shirt.
Keep up the good work.
20/08/2009 at 17:07 Pijama says:
IF YOU REALLY LOVED US EDIT WOULD WORK FROM START EH
Just joking as usual. REJOICE! Two years old is not for everyone, in fact, it is a [i]feat of survival[/i].
grats!
20/08/2009 at 17:08 Pijama says:
(see what I am talking about, above.)
20/08/2009 at 17:12 SenatorPalpatine says:
Happy birthday to you RPS, and happy birthday to me as well!
20/08/2009 at 17:18 Chris Evans says:
Thanks for everything you have done chaps, you really are one of, it not -the- best sites about gaming out there. I am not talking just about PC gaming, but your more general gaming stuff is just as amazing as well.
Also thank you for giving me the chance to write that China article :)
20/08/2009 at 17:26 A Delicate Balance says:
I love RPS like no other news site. If only other news media could be as interesting. I still haven’t sunscribed yet, but damnit, I want to. I shall beg my wife (she pays the bills).
20/08/2009 at 17:26 Hybrid says:
Happy Birthday and Congrats !
20/08/2009 at 17:30 Alaric says:
Happy birthday! RPS is now one of my two favorite gaming sites! Woot!
20/08/2009 at 17:33 Acosta says:
Happy birthday you awesome and sexy page, you. For many years.
20/08/2009 at 17:39 Jayt says:
Hurray for RPS, it caters to my niche media related needs!
20/08/2009 at 17:40 JB says:
Happy Birthday RPS! Here’s to many more years of it too!
Anyway, this cake is great; it’s so delicious and moist.
20/08/2009 at 17:50 Golden says:
Happy Birthday Chaps.
The content you tirelessly supply us with is worth every penny of the sub.
many many Cheers
20/08/2009 at 17:54 Zerrick says:
Happy birthday RPS! That you may conquer the internet this year (or at least something bigger than a typical RTS-map).
And also a big hooray to the comment thread, almost always a joy to read it.
20/08/2009 at 17:55 SlappyBag says:
Happy Birthday!
20/08/2009 at 18:00 Nootrishus says:
Snappy Girthday! Keep up the great writing guys. <3
20/08/2009 at 18:05 Psychopomp says:
Only two years?
Wow.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
20/08/2009 at 18:08 Kommissar Nicko says:
Happy birthday RPS! Keep up the good work! And in the game!
20/08/2009 at 18:30 anotherman7 says:
I love you too, and want you inside me. Dunno how a website would do that, maybe I’ll print out pages and eat them. Anyway, happy birthday. =3
20/08/2009 at 18:33 amishmonster says:
Happy birthday to all! My mind is thoroughly boggled at the passage of time.
20/08/2009 at 18:41 Ratty says:
Happy Beer Day Chaps !!
20/08/2009 at 18:49 Vinraith says:
Congratulations you daft bastards, keep up the good work!
20/08/2009 at 18:59 zak canard says:
Congrats on a most excellent two years. Here’s to many many more!
20/08/2009 at 19:06 St4ud3 says:
Happy Birthday! :]
I startet reading RPS about 1 year ago and now it’s my only source for gaming related news. You guys are great!
20/08/2009 at 19:14 Poindexter says:
Many many congratulations, especially from those of us on the other side of that Great Pond.
20/08/2009 at 19:19 Darkelp says:
Happy birthday guys!
20/08/2009 at 19:23 tikey says:
Merry Christmas!
Oh, I’m sorry. I mean Happy Holidays.
20/08/2009 at 19:26 The Hammer says:
Bappy Hirthday, RPS! I often worry if you guys ever tire of writing for the site, what with the lack of money, occasionally trollish comments threads, and the wearing off of the novelty. But this post disproves that, I am happy to see. You’re my favourite gaming site for so, so, so many reasons. Some of your features have been just superb. Whilst your previews and Wot I Thinks are nice, the real reason I keep coming back to you is for your insights into gaming, and culture as a whole. Thank you for providing me and the rest of the PC gaming public an excellent site.
20/08/2009 at 19:28 Nighthood says:
Happy B’ Day RPS, I hope more happy years will follow. :D
Let’s make this the biggest comment thread ever!
20/08/2009 at 19:30 TuesdayExpress says:
Well done, lads! Like plenty of commenters above, I can’t believe it’s been 2 years. It seems like y’all sprang up just a few months ago, but I look back at your early articles and they all come flooding back, like a nightmare grown legs and trying to climb back in my head at work.
So well done! May the
insanityhilarity continue!20/08/2009 at 19:43 Dorian Cornelius Jasper says:
Happy Birthday RPS!
…
I guess I might as well donate again.
20/08/2009 at 19:54 destroy.all.monsters says:
Hey Happy Birthday RPS!
Having an internet birthday party means never having to watch one of your best friends careen around the room only to find them deposited upon your once lovely cake.
And of course a complete lack of vomit.
20/08/2009 at 19:55 Devan says:
Congrats, all! This has been my primary game info source for most of those two years. Keep it up :D
20/08/2009 at 19:56 destroy.all.monsters says:
Also – How retro can Dead Space be?
20/08/2009 at 19:59 kafka7 says:
I now laugh openly at other gaming websites.
20/08/2009 at 20:02 mujadaddy says:
Many happy refreshes!
20/08/2009 at 20:06 matte_k says:
Happy Birthday RPS ! Can’t believe it’s been two years already!
This is the only forum/site I still post on with any frequency, as it’s the only community that allows and encourages positive debate around it’s features, rather than flamewar. Well Done Gentlemen!!
20/08/2009 at 20:13 thaspius says:
happy birthday RPS!
keep up the great work. favorite video game website by far.
20/08/2009 at 20:37 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:
Happy b-day from your satisfied subscriber! I frequent RPS throughout the whole day and it’s the second thing I check when I get up!
20/08/2009 at 20:38 Diji says:
I also subscribed as a present, happy birthday RPS!
20/08/2009 at 20:40 Norskov says:
Happy birthday.. Keep up the good work
not a day pass where I don’t read RPS..
20/08/2009 at 21:15 Adventurous Putty says:
Happy birthday!
20/08/2009 at 21:28 hoshi says:
Häppy birthday from ze german readörs. We löve RPS
20/08/2009 at 21:29 Severian says:
Best… site… ever.
20/08/2009 at 21:30 hydra9 says:
Happy birthday, hope you had a lovely day, and thanks!
20/08/2009 at 21:33 richmcc says:
Happy birthday!
20/08/2009 at 21:35 nabeel says:
Happy Birthday! Love live RPS!
20/08/2009 at 21:48 Hhehea says:
Where is The RPS Electronic Wireless Show Episode 5? I cannot find it!
20/08/2009 at 22:07 ...hmm... says:
gz
20/08/2009 at 22:45 El Stevo says:
All the best.
20/08/2009 at 22:59 Nick says:
Happy Birthday chaps.
20/08/2009 at 23:12 mrrobsa says:
Thanks for a great site. Here’s to many more birthdays to come!
20/08/2009 at 23:39 Acidburns says:
Yay! Let’s hope you continue for many years to come!
20/08/2009 at 23:48 bruno says:
happy birthday !
20/08/2009 at 23:48 Matthew Gallant says:
Happy birthday RPS! Please continue to entertain us with your dry British wit for years to come.
20/08/2009 at 23:56 FRIENDLYUNIT says:
Happy birthday. Are you guys really only 2?!
21/08/2009 at 00:05 Satsuz says:
Hippo Birdies, RPS! Let’s hope that there will be many more to come.
21/08/2009 at 00:06 Golden_Worm says:
RPS is 2?, you don’t look a day over 1!
Seriously, RPS is the C:\’s knees when it comes to PC. May all your headshots be explosive, and your flame wars be righteous. Happy Birthday you.
21/08/2009 at 00:12 Nero says:
Happy Birthday! I’m so happy this site exist for glorious PC gaming news. So thanks for being around, and hope it continues to do so!
21/08/2009 at 00:15 Skalpadda says:
Happy birthday RPS, and thanks for all the great words!
21/08/2009 at 01:02 Psychopomp says:
This thread is too positive. This is the internet.
WHERE IS YOUR ANGER?
21/08/2009 at 01:44 pilouuuu says:
Happy birthday RPS and hopefully it will be two more. And then two more, two more, ad infinitum or at least as long as there are PC games.
21/08/2009 at 01:46 nutterguy says:
Ooops I’m a bit late to this party but still many happy returns all of you RPS chaps!
Thank you for providing us(me) with all of your wonderful and thoroughly amusing word-thinks, long may you last. (cos there really is no other site like you)
PS: I refer all my friends, even girlfriend to RPS! And I promise I’ll subscribe someday soon…
PPS: You have the girlfriend stamp of approval!
21/08/2009 at 02:11 Arathain says:
It’s my birthday too. Happy birthday, RPS and me!
21/08/2009 at 03:33 Hot Diggity says:
Happy birthday RPS. Hopefully this is the year that you’ll stop climbing over all sorts of furniture around the house and start learning to talk instead of spewing jibberish =P
21/08/2009 at 03:34 chequers says:
Congrats!
21/08/2009 at 03:35 Overwatch_UA says:
Love this place! HB, RPS!
21/08/2009 at 03:38 Klaus says:
Happy Birthday to you too, Arathain!
@Psychopomp
There is too much DRM in games! Piracy is overblown. PC Gaming is DEAD! CliffyB is greatest mind since…. Molyneux! (Spelled that right on the first try!)
Rage! Set this thread afire!
21/08/2009 at 03:38 hahaha says:
Congranz little boy. Let’s hope you make it to three years.
21/08/2009 at 06:58 Matthew says:
Congrats, guys!
21/08/2009 at 08:24 x25killa says:
Happy escaping from your mother’s electronic vagina day!
21/08/2009 at 08:24 Ybfelix says:
Congratulations!
But seriouly, two? I always thought RPS existed since ancient times of internetz before I discovered it via Google reader. oh well
21/08/2009 at 08:55 Morph says:
IloveyouRPS.
21/08/2009 at 09:59 heroic zero says:
Oh no, here come the terrible twos. :)
(Hard to believe it’s been two years already…hard to believe it’s just been two years.)
21/08/2009 at 12:17 Arjuna says:
Happy Birthday and thanks!
21/08/2009 at 13:34 PetitPiteux says:
congrats and all…
A question though: it’s the exact same cake than for the 1st birthday, but with two candles. Did you keep that cake for a year? made a bunch of photos up to 10years the first time? Is that cake a lie? Explain to me!…
21/08/2009 at 13:38 schurem says:
congradurlashuns RPS! here’s to another great year of outstanding bloggery!
21/08/2009 at 21:15 Paul Downs says:
Happy birthday! It’s been an absolute pleasure.
22/08/2009 at 00:02 Ecko says:
Happy birthday chaps :) Keeep us happy for the year to come
22/08/2009 at 12:53 pepper says:
Congrats everyone!! The cake is so delicious and moist!
22/08/2009 at 16:13 Fergus Andrew says:
Congratulations, and cheers for creating and continuing one of those ‘must check today’ websites. Genuinely appreciated.
23/08/2009 at 09:20 zipdrive says:
Happy birthday, RPS! I <3 you.
In an incredible coincidence, my podcast/site (www.hamishakia.co.il) is also celebrating its second birthday in mid-august.
We're like gaming-internet-podcast-thingie TWINS!
23/08/2009 at 17:19 Some Guy says:
haopy birthday
24/08/2009 at 23:00 BobYD! says:
Seriosly, I think this is the best blog on the internets <3
Happy birthday :D
24/08/2009 at 23:00 theleif says:
Happy birthday guys!
It’s been a real pleasure to have followed you these two years! All hail the RPS Hivemind! May your spawns be plentiful!
29/08/2009 at 07:37 Baylith says:
Happy (belated) Birthday! You guys rock!(paper, shotgun(I’m sorry)).
<3!
29/08/2009 at 13:57 Rei Onryou says:
I know I’m late to the party, but happy birthday anyway. Man-love to you all!
29/08/2009 at 22:54 Web Cole says:
Happy birthday!