The ill-advised business software that helped sink videogame pioneers Infocom now runs on modern PCs: ‘It’s a new age for aficionados of failed 1985 database products!’

Infocom is fondly remembered today as the studio responsible for a string of legendary text adventures including the Zork series, The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A Mind Forever Voyaging, and plenty more. Looking back, the company seems to have been confused about its own strengths, though. While it would be an exaggeration to…

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Nexon confirms reorganizaton at The First Berserker: Khazan developer but says it’s merely ‘a strategic reallocation of talent’ as development winds down

Nexon has confirmed that it has “reorganized” the teams at The First Berserker: Khazan developer Neople, but says the changes were made not because of issues with the game’s performance, but simply “to allocate resources more effectively” across ongoing projects. The reshuffling at Neople was first reported by Korean agency Yonhap (via GamesRadar), which said…

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Darkstone, a classic 1999 action RPG about eating apples and trying not to die of old age, is being remastered by its original creator

Remember Darkstone? Probably not. It’s one of many Diablo-likes of the 1990s largely forgotten today like Revenant or, er, one of the other examples I could come up with except for the fact I seem to have forgotten them as well. I remember Darkstone because, while a fairly generic fantasy hack-and-slash, it had a few…

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Nine-year-old cult visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club has been abruptly pulled from Android for its ‘depiction of sensitive themes’

Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from its Google Play Store due to perceived violations of its Terms of Service. The cult visual novel surprise-released on the storefront in December following its initial PC release in 2017. It’s since been ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and iOS. Doki Doki Literature Club was a phenomenon…

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