
Justin Wagner
Justin first became enamored with PC gaming when World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights 2 rewired his brain as a wide-eyed kid. As time has passed, he's amassed a hefty backlog of retro shooters, CRPGs, and janky '90s esoterica. Whether he's extolling the virtues of Shenmue or troubleshooting some fiddly old MMO, it's hard to get his mind off games with more ambition than scruples. When he's not at his keyboard, he's probably birdwatching or daydreaming about a glorious comeback for real-time with pause combat. Any day now...
Latest articles by Justin Wagner

The new NBA game's street balling is strong, but it's way too sweaty for its own good
By Justin Wagner published
Alley-oops Ice cream, ice cream!

Hide-and-seek game where you paint your body to blend in sells a million copies in four days
By Justin Wagner published
News Meccha Chameleon is the latest indie smash hit centering silly multiplayer antics.

Blizzard sues to kill another World of Warcraft private server for 'large scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of [its] intellectual property'
By Justin Wagner published
News Project Ascension is in the MMO studio's sights.

Spore devs say the evolution game's previews were more ambitious than what they were actually making, and they 'built a fantasy in people's minds that was unachievable'
By Justin Wagner published
News The evolution sim that was never meant to be.

Nintendo's legal battle with Palworld looks shakier than ever: It may only get '$30,000 chump change' if it wins at all
By Justin Wagner published
News It looks like Pocketpair will come out of this largely unfazed.

'Make some noise': Vanillaware reportedly wants more of its games on PC, but it's up to the publishers
By Justin Wagner published
News The studio behind Odin Sphere and Unicorn Overlord "totally wants" more of its games on PC.

New Crimson Desert patch lets you hoard 100 pets and gives you more chainsaw access
By Justin Wagner published
News More pets, more chainsaws. What else are videogames for?

Generative AI 'was only used as a reference,' Crazy Taxi creator says: Artists would 'look at that generated image and draw the actual thing'
By Justin Wagner last updated
News I don't think this really improves the situation.

Xbox's big pitch for the future sure involves a lot of going backwards
By Justin Wagner published
Opinion The recent Xbox Games Showcase was a parade of revivals seemingly hoping to stoke the flames of console rivalry.

Sea of Thieves will get custom games and machinima creation tools
By Justin Wagner published
News A saltier sort of sandbox.

Aion 2 producer says it's good to have 'friendly competition' with Guild Wars 3 'during this period where MMOs are struggling'
By Justin Wagner published
News Guild Wars 3 isn't the only NCSoft-published MMO on the horizon, with Aion 2 gearing up for global release.

Halloween teases single-player slash 'em up campaign in grisly new trailer
By Justin Wagner published
News Taking shape.

Gothic devs are 'monitoring the sentiment about lockpicking,' promise a PC patch for crashes by Monday
By Justin Wagner published
News "We cannot stress enough how much easier this gets when you start adding skill points into it."

Guild Wars 1 and 2 will continue to get updates even after Guild Wars 3 is out: 'We are not replacing your favorite games'
By Justin Wagner published
News "We are not repeating the same approach as we did all those years ago," when Guild Wars 2 launched, says ArenaNet.

Indie devs mixed on Steam's latest redesign over visibility complaints
By Justin Wagner published
News Some claim it will hurt indie visibility, others report improvement.

I really want to know what the cube is all about in Haex
By Justin Wagner published
News Cubes 'n' co-op. Sure, I'll bite.

As someone with over 1,000 hours in Guild Wars 2, I hope ArenaNet has a better plan this time around
By Justin Wagner published
Opinion Guild Wars 2's expansion cadence never quite hit its stride, even after a decade of experiments—will Guild Wars 3 be different?

Resident Evil – Code: Veronica remake announced
By Justin Wagner published
news The 2026 Summer Game Fest showcase kicked off with another Resi remake.

Ultra-hard survival sandbox Kenshi passes 3 million copies sold, teases fans with 'Kenshi 2 When?' website
By Justin Wagner published
News The indie hit is tough as nails, but it's less niche than you might expect.

'We’re just thrilled the stars aligned': Less than 2 years after his own game fully shut down, Jason Voorhees is coming to Dead by Daylight
By Justin Wagner published
News Tch tch tch, ha ha ha.

Peak's success helped Aggro Crab commit to co-op, says studio head: 'We thought we were a character action studio'
By Justin Wagner published
News Peak was "kind of a side hustle" at first.

PC gaming's very own indie-themed Smash Bros. just added the guy from Spelunky, who I now know is named Guy Spelunky
By Justin Wagner published
News You know, Guy Spelunky. The guy… from Spelunky.

Deus Ex, Marathon actor Elias Toufexis doesn't get why people root for games to fail: 'Life is so short, man'
By Justin Wagner published
News "Just stop tweeting memes under things for six hours."
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