Justin Wagner

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

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XCOM is getting a miniatures game from the company that brought Fallout to tabletop

By Justin Wagner Published

News Plastic tactics.

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A bunch of cursors huddled around a projector screen watching a black-and-white Popeye cartoon.
The creator of Infinite Craft has a new game where you explore a secret-filled social hub as your mouse cursor

By Justin Wagner Published

News Cursor Camp is a delightful reminder the internet is occasionally more than a torment nexus.

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A man with a cube for a head stands in a field surrounded by labeled floppy disks.
There's a game coming out this year where you fight your Steam backlog, and it's more dangerous the more you've spent

By Justin Wagner Published

News In Game Quest: The Backlog Battler, the examined life seems pretty lethal.

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After 9 years and 2 new Mortal Kombats, it looks like NetherRealm is finally making Injustice 3

By Justin Wagner Published

News Sounds super, man.

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Kliff looking serious
New Crimson Desert update lets you 'rematch' defeated enemies and adds new legendary creatures

By Justin Wagner Published

News Pearl Abyss's kitchen sink RPG continues to change rapidly.

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Orcs
After days of speculation over hard-coded anti-goblin bias from OpenAI, the company had to release an official memo on 'Where the goblins came from'

By Justin Wagner Published

News Creatures rule everything around me.

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Gamestop
GameStop reportedly wants to buy eBay, a company with four times its market value

By Justin Wagner Published

News CEO Ryan Cohen has big plans for the aging retailer.

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Invincible Vs may pack a punch for fans of the show, but I wish it had more going on outside its tight versus mode

By Justin Wagner Published

'Vincible Here's what I think, Mark.

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Vampire Survivors Eleanor closeup
Vampire Survivors dev is working on over 15 'projects,' though that includes DLC and updates

By Justin Wagner Published

News Poncle will have plenty to purvey.

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The three sisters from Sweet Hamster Days.
A Japanese visual novel where you're a pet hamster doted on by three sisters is back on Steam

By Justin Wagner Published

News Sweet Hamster Days is back on the menu.

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Final Fantasy 14 - A miqote doing the loveheart emote with a cake behind her
Final Fantasy 14 director wants pitches for a single-player spinoff, though he's 'half-joking'

By Justin Wagner Published

News "If someone's passionate enough to want to helm that sort of project, we would love to hear from you."

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An emergency telephone booth from Alien Isolation.
Sega posts cryptic Alien: Isolation 2 teaser: 'A feeling of being safer than one really is'

By Justin Wagner Published

News Let's call this one Alien: Isolations.

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Zenless Zone Zero Nicole build - Nicole flipping a coin
Zenless Zone Zero coming to Steam later this year

By Justin Wagner Published

News Get gacha.

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South Korean prime minister celebrates Crimson Desert: 'K-games can shine as a pillar of K-content'

By Justin Wagner Published

News Crimson Desert takes the throne as the best K-game (Kliff game) of all time.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced key art (cropped)
Assassin's Creed producer assures fans 'there WILL be blood' in the Black Flag remake, and it won't be DLC

By Justin Wagner Published

News Assassins bleed.

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Sebulba-looking character twirling his mustache in Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer release date leaked on Steam

By Justin Wagner Published

News Watto ya gonna do?

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The Internet Archive has preserved 758 old PC Gamer demo discs you can download and play

By Justin Wagner Published

News Dive into a treasure trove of throwbacks and previews.

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Three pirates
Windrose sails past 1 million copies sold in six days as it hits 200,000 concurrent players

By Justin Wagner Published

News Blow me down!

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Pragmata Red Zone Gate Keys: Hugh and Diana looking towards the camera.
Space-obsessed Pragmata actor was so wary of breaking embargo that he refused to post about Artemis 2: 'I know so much about the f**king moon'

By Justin Wagner Published

News “My entire career has been around the moon."

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World of Warcraft Paladin character
Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction

By Justin Wagner Published

News "They say it's the journey, not the destination."

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Portal 2
Portal 2: Community Edition promises to take the game's modding potential to new heights, and it's out in open beta now

By Justin Wagner Published

News Improvements to map editing, a new lighting engine, volumetric fog, and other improvements await.

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Doom (1993) key art depicting Doom Guy shooting at hordes of demons clawing at him from below.
A ludicrous Doom mod which adds 28 pilotable mechs just released after 2 years in development

By Justin Wagner Published

News MechDoomer: Rebooted will be of great interest to a particular kind of sicko.

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A wooden shelf decorated with plush toys, wrist bracelets, and a mirror.
BAFTA pulls game trailer over 'themes that may be a trigger' even after developer revision

By Justin Wagner Published

News "The Quiet Things is deeply personal to me. It’s my story. It’s about trauma, abuse, survival, and giving survivors a voice."

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Pragmata review: Lunar dad rock

By Justin Wagner Published

I, DDOS Short and sweet, Pragmata is a snazzy late aughts throwback elevated by a terrific sense of feedback and momentum.

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An elf-like character in Ashes of Creation
Defunct MMO studio founder denies allegation he spent Kickstarter funds on private chefs, antiques, and TCGs

By Justin Wagner Last updated

News Ashes of Creation remains a wellspring for corporate drama.

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