The RTS genre was the greatest thing possible 20 years ago. But somewhere along the line something was lost. Fewer games were released, fewer games were successful, fewer innovated and even fewer have enough staying power to become part of the culture, just as their predecessors. So, what happened? #gaming #rts #games
Wing Commander - It’s been 27 years since the saga of Wing Commander began. In that time it rose to a height of popularity that few properties ever do. It was everywhere. The games were selling millions, it had a TV cartoon, it had a movie, it had a card game, it had books and sadly it had Electronic Arts. Now it only lives on in memories, in its fans, and in the works of the people who want to relive it just one more time. #gaming
Fallout 2 is the kind of sequel that manages to add more content to the original, but without changing all that much, and yest somehow still feel fresh and new. A masterpiece of design and storytelling where you shape the fate of a post-apocalyptic wasteland and punch people in the groin. #Gaming
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Did Microsoft Ruin Gaming? - While browsing across the interwebs, I came across the notion that Microsoft may be responsible for the downfall of creativity on consoles. I’d like to take that one step forward and say that Microsoft is also responsible for shoving PC gaming down a hole and trying to close the lid on top of it. Thankfully, someone had a crowbar. #Gaming
Philip Hanekom
Happy #LevelUp day
It set the standard for space battle games until X-Wing was released. It also made the Soundblaster the "must have" piece of hardware, because it supported FM music and digital audio. At the time there was no other audio card that can do both. Also, even though it's all bitmapped graphics, they made detailed 3D models of all the ships and used them to get all the angles but 320x200 graphics didn't do the models much justice, but no other game did that, so in our innocent 2D minds back then, it… See More
looked awesome.
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