A quick tour of Discworld MUD, one of the longest-running online games ever By Richard Cobbett published 3 December 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Before becoming a Call of Duty sequel factory, Treyarch made experimental 1998 action game Die By the Sword By Richard Cobbett published 19 November 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller, Dennis Hopper played a porn baron who dressed like a Pentium By Richard Cobbett published 12 November 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Westwood's forgotten fantasy flight simulator By Richard Cobbett published 5 November 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
The best horror games in 2022 By Jody Macgregor last updated 26 October 22 UPDATED These are the best horror games you can play on PC.
Another one for the list of terrible adaptations—Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure By Richard Cobbett last updated 23 October 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Guess what They're Alive! ripped off? It's not a trick question By Richard Cobbett last updated 16 October 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Capcom's interactive spy comedy movie Fox Hunt was probably better left forgotten By Richard Cobbett published 8 October 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
The Shivah had an awesomely rabbinical take on Monkey Island's insult sword-fighting By Richard Cobbett published 1 October 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
That time National Lampoon made a parody chess game By Richard Cobbett published 24 September 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
What if the 1991 Lone Wolf videogame was actually a choose-your-own-adventure book? By Richard Cobbett published 17 September 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Tender Loving Care, the FMV erotic thriller that wanted you to think it was intellectual smut By Richard Cobbett published 10 September 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Shockingly, Batman Forever made a bad videogame By Richard Cobbett published 3 September 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
The Fawlty Towers videogame was multimedia hotel hell By Richard Cobbett published 27 August 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Half heist-simulator, half adventure game, The Clue! was an unusual crime game even for its time By Richard Cobbett published 20 August 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In Manhunter: New York, alien eyeballs conquered the Earth and it was your job to help them By Richard Cobbett published 13 August 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse really was an X-Men game about killing the X-Men By Richard Cobbett published 6 August 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Before FEAR and No One Lives Forever, Monolith made an action game where Ice-T played a psychic By Richard Cobbett last updated 8 August 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
With games like Jill of the Jungle, Rick Dangerous, and James Pond 2, the PC wasn't exactly spoiled for great platformers back in the day By Richard Cobbett published 23 July 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In 1986, EA published a game with a simulated model of every Manhattan block south of 110th By Richard Cobbett published 16 July 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
The '90s Back to the Future games really were manure By Richard Cobbett published 9 July 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In 1998, we wanted to believe The X-Files would make a good videogame By Richard Cobbett published 3 July 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Ecstatica was a survival horror game where everyone was made of balls By Richard Cobbett published 18 June 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In 1991, Ultima went to Mars for some reason By Richard Cobbett published 11 June 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Arena Champion, the 'sexy' shooter that definitely was not By Richard Cobbett published 5 June 22 Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
