
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
How a '90s Zelda PC port became a fangame factory, turning one legend into a thousand
By Justin Wagner published
Classic Quest The story of ZQuest Classic, the fangame factory that turned one legend into over a thousand more.

A Utah age verification law targeting VPN users goes into effect this week
By Justin Wagner published
News It's the first US state to explicitly target VPN use with its age check legislation.

Nearly 40 years after launch, NetHack just got a 5.0.0 release with over 3,000 patch notes
By Justin Wagner published
News Decades on, the pioneering roguelike continues to get updates.

XCOM is getting a miniatures game from the company that brought Fallout to tabletop
By Justin Wagner published
News Plastic tactics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

Zenless Zone Zero coming to Steam later this year
By Justin Wagner published
News Get gacha.

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.

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.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer release date leaked on Steam
By Justin Wagner published
News Watto ya gonna do?

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.

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!

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."

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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