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

AI microprocessor on motherboard computer circuit
One of the biggest ROM sites around calls it quits as RAM prices surge and donations plateau: 'I have been paying more than $6,000 out of pocket every month'

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News Retro game preservation site Myrient will shut down March 31.

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Trazyn the Infinite, a necron from Warhammer, glares at a cube with several character silhouettes standing inside it.
Owlcat just teased a new Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader DLC, and it's all about everyone's favorite relic-hoarding necron, Trazyn the Infinite

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News Trazyn's vault awaits, along with a mysterious new companion.

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Games Workshop just announced a book of 'insightful ork quotes' called Words of Waaagh

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News I should invent some kind of machine that makes reading faster.

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The Awaysis demo has taught me what Diablo always needed was a crumb of Gang Beasts slapstick

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Beast gang Slapstick 'n' swordplay.

Beast gang
New Blood CEO Dave Oshry says he's 'always loved GOG' but 'they need enough people to give a s**t, or how long are they even going to be around'

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News "Steam let anybody put anything on there, and then all of a sudden who needed GOG anymore?"

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A golfer dressed as a frog is distracted by a golfer dressed as a cat blowing an airhorn directly behidn them.
That golf game with orbital death lasers sold 100k copies in two days: 'We made Super Battle Golf together in 4.5 months and are so happy'

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News I always knew golf was missing something.

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A wizardly figure with purple hair reaches for a rainbow-hued orb.
The devs of a promising Slay the Spire-alike are delaying their game to Dodge and Roll away from Slay the Spire 2's launch: 'You'll be playing it, we'll be playing it, everyone will be playing it'

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News "We'd get absolutely crushed."

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Tunic key art - bipedal fox holding a sword and shield
Indie publisher alleges TikTok is AI-generating offensive ads using its characters and they can't make it stop: 'Does TikTok want me to be grateful for the mistreatment of my company?'

By Justin Wagner Published

News Finji CEO Rebekah Saltsman called out TikTok for "a profound void where common sense and business sense usually reside."

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The Roblox corporate headquarters
Roblox responds to LA County lawsuit, the latest of many alleging the game fails to protect children from predators: 'While no system can be perfect, our commitment to safety never ends'

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News The civil suit calls Roblox's online social space "largely unsupervised."

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Saints Row 1 designer reckons the series is 'dead,' adding that Embracer 'ghosted' him after a comeback pitch: 'I wish things were different'

By Justin Wagner Published

News The Third Street Saints won't go marching in anytime soon.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 8: Ben Starr, winner of the Debut Game Award for 'Balatro', poses backstage during the BAFTA Games Awards 2025 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 8, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/BAFTA via Getty Images)
To celebrate 2 years of Balatro, creator LocalThunk reflected on dropping out of an engineering program to make games: 'Even if I could warn myself I’m not sure what I could have said to prepare for the insanity'

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News "Thank you to everyone for allowing this terrible student to keep staying up too late."

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The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
Lead story designer on the first Witcher game just rolled credits on a full playthrough, and you can watch the whole thing on YouTube

By Justin Wagner Published

News 26 episodes later, Artur Ganszyniec's let's play series is finally over.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows romance options - A close-up shot of Hori Hidemasa smiling, wearing his samurai armour and helmet.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is still getting updates, and it just added manual jumping to the delight of many a parkour enthusiast: 'I picked a good time to reinstall'

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News It's like jumping, but done manually.

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Concept art of a Tiger Warrior from Warhammer wearing golden jewelry.
Total War: Warhammer 3's first character pack stars an all-new legendary lord that puts the 'cat' in Grand Cathay

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News Bhashiva the White Tiger will arrive some time during "a late‑Spring release window."

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A shark-man-pirate with a ring in his fin grins with his foot on a treasure chest.
The best Smash Bros.-like on Steam just added a character who can shop for items and go fishing in the middle of a match, in case you thought fighting games were too one-note

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News Fin-ish him.

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Solid Snake is coming to Rainbow Six Siege in March with David Hayter reprising the role, and a new trailer shows Snake and stealth game rival Sam Fisher finally squashing the beef

By Justin Wagner Published

News New playlists, weapons, map updates, and yes, Solid Snake, await.

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Layers of Fear 3 trailer realistic old man smirking at camera
Silent Hill 2 Remake dev Bloober Team's Valentine's Day reveal turned out to be Layers of Fear 3

By Justin Wagner Published

News Sorry if you were expecting Cronos 2.

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The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration on 23 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.
The EU declares TikTok's 'infinite scroll' and 'highly personalised recommender system' are 'addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act'

By Justin Wagner Published

News The European Commission has taken a stance against some of social media's deleterious rhythms.

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Zelda crying in Breath of the Wild
'They can never kill emulation': Players vexed as Nintendo continues its siege on Switch emulation, handing DMCAs to various emulators on GitHub

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News It might be time to back up some files.

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MGS4
That new Metal Gear Solid collection won't include Metal Gear Online, but it will have Peace Walker's essential online co-op

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News Konami giveth, and Konami taketh away.

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Overwatch dating sim - Genji, Cupid Hanzo, and Mercy
The Overwatch dating sim and its associated rewards are back for a limited time, but it's still got far fewer romances than its China-exclusive counterpart

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News Sorry if you were hoping to woo Junker Queen or Mauga.

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Voxel sandbox RPG Hytale
Hytale’s unfinished sandbox has finally given me hope for a voxel RPG, after Cube World broke my heart twice

By Justin Wagner Published

Hy on Cubes This is the third time I've fallen for a voxel game's lofty promises, but I think it might work out for me this time.

Hy on Cubes
Third person shooter MOBA Deadlock
Deadlock's littlest guy makes size matter in a way it almost never has in a MOBA before

By Justin Wagner Published

Mightily small Top-down MOBAs with locked camera perspectives can't make headshots and hitboxes matter the way they do in Deadlock.

Mightily small
Male and Female Vault Dweller holding guns and cresting a hill with ruined city in background
Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives'

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News The little post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that could.

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Overwatch creeps past Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty's concurrent players on Steam, hitting its biggest peak in years

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News Was it the jetpack? Or maybe, the cat?

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