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Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (306+ words) C: \Ars Games takes a look at the time Chris Roberts more or less made a whole movie. Once or twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps…...
A respectable port of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition invades mac OS
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (252+ words) The port seems solid, and all DLC is supported'but there's no cross-play, sadly. Despite all the graphics capabilities of modern Macs, being a Mac gamer is generally a thankless existence. Every once in a while, though, Mac gamers get a…...
Review: The Mandalorian and Grogu is. .. fine
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (281+ words) The plot is predictable, the fight scenes are meh, but you can't beat the charm of that little green Grogu. Hopes were arguably high for The Mandalorian and Grogu, director Jon Favreau's big-screen offshoot of the popular Disney+ series The…...
Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) Ars Technica For more than 49 years, a comic called 2000 AD has been responsible for giving science-fiction junkies a weekly infusion of "thrill power." The series is based in the UK, far from the action in Hollywood, and its characters have…...
Here's the fun, action-packed trailer for Mandolorian and Grogu
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (173+ words) Gangsters. War criminals. We'll take out every bad guy in your deck of cards." At long last, we have the official full trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, a feature film spinoff from Disney's megahit Star Wars series The Mandalorian....
Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at Cinema Con
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (165+ words) The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old." Lucasfilm released the final trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu last night at Cinema Con, to much applause. And why wouldn't there be? The trailer has all the…...
Remembering the 30-year-old computer game that introduced me to Star Wars
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (908+ words) Looking back at Dash Rendar, 3 DFX cards, and a pivotal moment for Star Wars. Once or twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps a retro game…...
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (205+ words) He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art. As the primary cover artist for Byte from 1975 to the late 1980s, Tinney became one of the first illustrators to give the abstract world of personal…...
Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (281+ words) C: \Ars Games looks at a vanguard of the multimedia FMV future that never quite came to pass. Once or twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps…...
In the "90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (859+ words) Most things Privateer did have been done better, but it's still a classic. Twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps a retro game you've heard of,…...