
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

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
By Justin Wagner published
News Trazyn's vault awaits, along with a mysterious new companion.

Games Workshop just announced a book of 'insightful ork quotes' called Words of Waaagh
By Justin Wagner published
News I should invent some kind of machine that makes reading faster.

The Awaysis demo has taught me what Diablo always needed was a crumb of Gang Beasts slapstick
By Justin Wagner published
Beast gang Slapstick 'n' swordplay.

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

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'
By Justin Wagner published
News I always knew golf was missing something.

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'
By Justin Wagner published
News "We'd get absolutely crushed."

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."

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'
By Justin Wagner published
News The civil suit calls Roblox's online social space "largely unsupervised."

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.

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'
By Justin Wagner published
News "Thank you to everyone for allowing this terrible student to keep staying up too late."

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.

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'
By Justin Wagner published
News It's like jumping, but done manually.

Total War: Warhammer 3's first character pack stars an all-new legendary lord that puts the 'cat' in Grand Cathay
By Justin Wagner published
News Bhashiva the White Tiger will arrive some time during "a late‑Spring release window."

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
By Justin Wagner published
News Fin-ish him.

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.

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.

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.

'They can never kill emulation': Players vexed as Nintendo continues its siege on Switch emulation, handing DMCAs to various emulators on GitHub
By Justin Wagner published
News It might be time to back up some files.

That new Metal Gear Solid collection won't include Metal Gear Online, but it will have Peace Walker's essential online co-op
By Justin Wagner published
News Konami giveth, and Konami taketh away.

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
By Justin Wagner published
News Sorry if you were hoping to woo Junker Queen or Mauga.

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.

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.

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'
By Justin Wagner published
News The little post-apocalyptic roleplaying game that could.
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