
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

Friendslop approaches total cultural victory as co-op hit Gamble With Your Friends sells 1 million copies in one week
By Justin Wagner published
news Let's go gambling!

This Team Fortress 2 zombie mod looks so good, we almost thought it was official
By Justin Wagner published
news Left 4 Dead 3 or Mann vs. Machine 2?

Darkest Dungeon studio refuses to AI generate deceased narrator's voice despite his permission: 'I would never, ever erode his incredible and timeless performances'
By Justin Wagner published
news Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today.

An unofficial PC port of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess just released
By Justin Wagner published
news Twilight Princess has escaped its containment on Nintendo consoles.

Pearl Abyss marketing director says Crimson Desert's rapid 'live service' patch cadence is business as usual for an MMO studio: 'That is not normal in the industry. That is normal here'
By Justin Wagner published
News "The DNA of the company is inherent in listening to players."

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain once proposed a first-person time-travel RPG where you could assassinate historical figures and create paradoxes
By Justin Wagner published
News "One, visit 15 different time periods. Two, meet interesting historical figures. Three, kill them."

Final Fantasy 14 player harnesses the power of furniture slots to make their in-game house look like Pragmata
By Justin Wagner published
News "Increased placement limit is the best!"

Double Fine is the latest team at Microsoft to unionize
By Justin Wagner published
news The studio behind Psychonauts and Keeper has filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board.
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.
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