Tag: gaming industry

The ill-advised business software that helped sink videogame pioneers Infocom now runs on modern PCs: ‘It’s a new age for aficionados of failed 1985 database products!’

The ill-advised business software…

Infocom is fondly remembered today as the studio responsible for a string of legendary text adventures including the Zork…
Trippy, psychedelic alien shooter ChainStaff shows there are still new ways for games to be ‘retro’

Trippy, psychedelic alien shooter…

I love a new-old game as much as anyone, but it’s hard to pretend that today’s retro throwbacks aren’t…
Today I learned that Excel incorrectly assumes 1900 was a leap year, and Microsoft will never fix it because the whole house of cards would collapse

Today I learned that…

Nestled away amongst a pile of recently updated pages on Microsoft’s Learn site, which contains product documentation and technical…
Double Dragon and Kunio-kun creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto dies at 64

Double Dragon and Kunio-kun…

Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the creator of the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun (River City) series, has died at the age of…
Larian publishing chief says mainstream game industry has a ‘perverse attachment’ to indie studios, because indies still know how to follow their gut

Larian publishing chief says…

Larian publishing director Michael Douse, never shy about sharing his opinions on the videogame business, did so again over…
Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope no longer feels comfortable talking about work-in-progress games: ‘the situation just feels different’

Papers, Please creator Lucas…

Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn creator Lucas Pope spoke about what he’s working on next⁠—and why…
Disgruntled coder who admitted to deploying a malware ‘kill switch’ to get back at his bosses sentenced to 4 years in prison

Disgruntled coder who admitted…

After a total wait even longer than his prison sentence and being convicted in March, former software developer Davis…
‘Blockchain-powered’ game storefront reportedly shutting down and taking customers’ games with it

‘Blockchain-powered’ game storefront reportedly…

The elevator pitch behind Robot Cache is simple: what if there was a digital storefront like Steam, but you…
Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, has over 1,400 hours in Factorio and is currently obsessed with terraforming games: ‘Dwarf Fortress just doesn’t accommodate a full-on sci-fi thing’

Tarn Adams, co-creator of…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come…
After 36 years at the legendary FPS studio, Raven Software co-founder Brian Raffel is retiring

After 36 years at…

Brian Raffel, who co-founded Raven Software in 1990 with his brother Steve, is retiring from game development after 36…