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"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- "Top 50 Funny Computer Quotes" by Jun Auza

General Game Articles

• Games with Meaning, by Daniel D'Agostino, 2010-06-12
• "Indie games don't have to act like indie games" by Jim Sterling, 2010-02-07
• "Building a Solid UI" by Jon Shafer, 2012-09-24
• "Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits" by Ryan Consell, 2011-12-14

Games

• Ultima I - The First Age of Darkness (1981) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima II - Revenge of the Enchantress (1982) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima: Escape from Mount Drash (1983) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima III - Exodus (1983) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar (1985) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima V - Warriors of Destiny (1988) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima VI - The False Prophet (1990) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima Worlds of Adventure I - The Savage Empire (1990) at Dino's Ultima Page
• The Secret of Monkey Island (1990, 2009)
  • Gigi on Games - Special Edition (2009) Review
• Eye of the Beholder 2: The Legend of Darkmoon (1991)
  • Walkthrough
    • Prologue
      • Introduction
      • The Quick Start Party
      • Character Creation
    • Darkmoon and Underground
      • The Forest
      • The Temple Darkmoon
      • The Catacombs beneath Darkmoon
      • The Skeletal Legion
      • The Nightmare Level
      • The Priests' Quarters
    • The Silver Tower
      • Level 1
      • Level 2
      • Level 3
      • Level 4
    • The Azure Tower
      • Level 1
      • Level 2
      • Level 3
      • Level 4
      • Level 5
    • The Crimson Tower
      • Crimson Outpost
      • Crimson Level 1
      • Crimson Level 2
    • Epilogue
      • Endgame
• Ultima Worlds of Adventure II - Martian Dreams (1991) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima Underworld I - The Stygian Abyss (1992) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima VII Part I - The Black Gate (1992) at Dino's Ultima Page
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992)
  • Gigi on Games - Minotaur's Labyrinth walkthrough
  • Gigi on Games - King's Quest VI Review
• Spear of Destiny (1992)
  • Screenshot from the endgame [PNG image]
• Day of the Tentacle (1993)
  • Day of the Tentacle Walkthrough
• Spectre VR (1993)
• Menzoberranzan (1994)
  • Menzoberranzan Walkthrough
• Ultima Underworld II - Labyrinth of Worlds (1993) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima VII Part II - Serpent Isle (1993) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Ultima VIII - Pagan (1994) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Warcraft: Orcs and Humans (1994)
  • "The making of Warcraft" [Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3] by Patrick Wyatt
• Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness (1995) and Beyond the Dark Portal (1996) expansion
  • Gigi on Games - Warcraft 2 Expansion Human Level 12
• Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
  • Gigi on Games - Doom Easter Egg in Duke Nukem 3D
  • Official Walkthrough
• Diablo (1997)
  • Archbishop Lazarus by Daniel D'Agostino, 2010-09-24
• Starcraft (1998)
  • Gigi on Games - Starcraft Expansion Terran Level 8
  • Gigi on Games - Starcraft Expansion Zerg Level 10
  • "Tough times on the road to Starcraft" by Patrick Wyatt, 2012-09-07
  • "StarCraft: Orcs in space go down in flames" by Patrick Wyatt, 2012-09-27
• Ultima IX - Ascension (1999) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Diablo 2 (2000)
  • Tristram by Daniel D'Agostino, 2010-09-24
• Deus Ex (2000)
  • Endgame Quotes
• Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (2002) and The Frozen Throne (2004) expansion
  • Orc Chapter 5: The Hunter of Shadows
  • Expansion Orc Campaign
    • Chapter One: To Tame a Land
    • Chapter Two: Old Hatreds
    • Chapter Three: A Blaze of Glory
• Ultima X - Odyssey (discontinued) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Portal (2007)
  • Gigi on Games - Portal Testchamber 16 walkthrough
  • Gigi on Games - How to Take Screenshots in Portal
  • Portal Screenshots by Daniel D'Agostino
• Knytt
  • Knytt Review
• Passage (2007)
  • Homepage
  • Creator's Statement (November 2007)
  • "Time Goes By", a review by Alec Meer on Rock, Paper, Shotgun (7th December 2007)
  • Games with Meaning, by Daniel D'Agostino, 2010-06-12
• Braid (2008)
  • A First Look at Braid
• Lord of Ultima (2010) at Dino's Ultima Page
• Don't Look Back (2009)
  • Play the game (Flash)
  • Games with Meaning, by Daniel D'Agostino, 2010-06-12
• Every day the same dream (2009)
  • Play the game (Flash)
  • Games with Meaning, by Daniel D'Agostino, 2010-06-12
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter (2010)
  • Screenshots: South America (103 screenshots)
  • Screenshots: Persia (75 screenshots)
  • Screenshots: Medieval (82 screenshots)
• Heaven's Vault (2019)
  • Heaven's Vault Review

History of the Video Game Industry

• "The making of Warcraft" [Part 1 | Part 2] by Patrick Wyatt
• "Tough times on the road to Starcraft" and "StarCraft: Orcs in space go down in flames" by Patrick Wyatt
• "Stormy Weather" (The fall of Ion Storm) by Christine Biederman at the Dallas Observer
• "Masters of Doom" (book about the story of John Carmack and John Romero) by David Kushner
• "EA: The Human Story" [homepage | original article] by Erin Hoffman (aka EA Spouse)
• "The Worlds of Origin: Preamble" by Kenneth Kully, 2012-10-09
• "The Worlds of Origin: Destination Portalarium" by Kenneth Kully, 2012-10-18
• "The Worlds of Origin: Ion Storm, Looking Glass, Junction Point, & Arkane Studios" by Kenneth Kully, 2012-11-20
• Interview with Ryan C. Gordon about Linux Gaming (near end 2012)
• "The Rise of Costs, the Fall of Gaming" by Emily Rogers, 2012-07-02
• "Ahead of its Time: The History of Looking Glass" by Mike Mahardy, 2015
• "The Making of Lemmings: How DMA Design created a classic, and what happened next" by Rich Stanton, 2015

Old Game Emulation

• DOSBox - can get just about any DOS game working.
• Sarien.net - play old Sierra games online.
• Software Library: MS-DOS Games - the Internet Archive's library of old games, which you can play directly online.

High-Quality Retro Gaming Blogs

• The CRPG Addict - plays through hundreds of CRPGs
• The Digital Antiquarian - writes about gaming history

Game Parodies

• Progress Quest
• Peasant Quest

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