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Probably Wrongly Named, But There’s a No Games for Genocide Movement

Back in October, I mentioned having just learned, with some delay, about the No Music for Genocide movement, the participating artists and labels geo-blocking Israel and removing their music from there. Well, it’s also with months of delay that this evening I just learned that something called No Games for Genocide exists as well. However, […]

Review: The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

When I decided to play this game, it was mainly because it had “The Dark Eye” in the title and I wondered whether I’ll see any connections with Drakensang… And, while I admittedly played Drakensang back in 2010, so it’s entirely possible that I forgot elements which would be connected, I’ll just get that out […]

Quick Review: Gothic 1 Remake Demo (Nyras Prologue)

Not that it really counts as a game, but I wanted to add one more item to the list for 2025, so I went through this… And I must say that it didn’t quite feel like Gothic, and that’s definitely not just because of the updated graphics. Sure, I played that 21 years ago, but […]

Possible Actual Good News: GOG.com Gets Purchased By One of Its Founders

The news that GOG.com was purchased by one of its founders sure came out of nowhere, but after the initial “well, shit” reaction when I started reading the title, knowing what almost always happens after such purchases, I strangely find myself cautiously optimistic. I mean, GOG.com has given up its original principles long ago, or […]

Review: Dungeons of Dreadrock

I expected Dungeons of Dreadrock to be a nice little puzzle game that I’ll be able to finish quickly, but after reading some reviews I had some concerns about the action elements, the required timing and reflexes, since even the hint system wasn’t going to help with that, and I also wondered whether I could […]