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Big boxes disappeared after 2001 in the US. We may have stuck with the standardized smaller boxes before the switch to DVD style cases a little longer than elsewhere, as I have a few UK imports in...

I volunteer.

SMNC, AirMech, Realm of the Mad God.

Wow, that's great news! May is going to be a very long month.

I absolutely would, even though it eventually gets rather dry and ends up describing a lot of case studies. Poundstone is an excellent writer, and I also liked Prisoner's Dilemma, his book about...

AI War: Fleet Command -> Blindsight by Peter Watts. The AI/aliens are inherently different and don't understand us, but they will come down on your head like a ton of bricks for pissing them off. ...

Fair warning: Wipeout HD/Fury have the worst rubber-banding I have ever seen in a racing game. If you like to master each track/event before proceeding, this is ruinous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MypmT0kwBR0

It's just the original 1998 US PC retail box release. One side and bottom are black on white (as seen), the other side and top are white on black. The cover is a mostly orange 5/6ths width flap...

I always wanted to try Atom Zombie Smasher co-op, but it's same-box local only and has no networking code at all.

I read Angelmaker this week. It was fun, and I was gripped and entertained, but it would benefit from more editing. The villain is better developed and more interesting than the one in The Gone...

The best one I can think of is this article on Kaos Studios' disaster - Death March: The Long, Tortured Journey of Homefront

There are many interesting postmortem writeups, and while they're...

Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, and The Illustrated Star Wars Universe.

Waking Mars: Sharp game, good sci-fi, great writing, and excellent voiceover work. Kudos to Randy Smith and company.

Miasmata: "You are drowning, press 'H' to learn more." Interesting game,...

I use NewsFox, but if you wanted a Firefox add-on you've probably found it or an alternative already.

I enjoyed D:SF but didn't particularly like the car handling and physics. It may have something to do with the 360 and PS3 pads having analog shoulder triggers for gas/brakes, and my using a PS2 pad...

This configuration is not supported by SRT. I thought it was impossible, but Google suggests otherwise. The workaround appears very cumbersome to set up.

I had looked into this when building my...

This.

Bioshock has a crumbling undersea city, fire/ice/electric/etc superpowers, and not a single actual water puzzle. Never is the water a proper threat or obstacle or tool. Instead, the...

Kerbal Space Program

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Sunrise with Kerbin and Mun, shot from Minmus.


This was very satisfying to land because it was the best...

I don't know, but Steam is running a free trial weekend through Sunday 1PM PST, and also it's a Steamworks title.

I borrowed a phone to shoot my PC game box collection, so here it is. The closeups have all the games listed in the descriptions.

A preview:...

I bought it too. I love roguelikes and some roguelike-likes, and wanted to support Illwinter a bit, so I'll give it a spin.

Dominions 3 was intriguing and I tried the demo, but it's so rough and...

Best guess: you've summoned them for combat. If you aren't in a fight or planning one, remove all the muster points.

I put about 60 hours into SimCity 4 back around 2006, and the thing that consistently annoyed me the most was the tedious budget slider micromanagement. Mods helped with some of the bugs and...

You're playing it the least-fun way. By all means stealth until things go wrong, then improvise. Ghost/pacifist is a chore, and you'll miss out on a lot of interesting and creative gameplay. ...