Reviews

Is Alien Breed on MS-DOS a bizarre curio or a straight-laced classic? Is it criminally underrated or mercifully forgotten? Is it foundational space-marine scripture or the footnote you skim past while sprinting toward DOOM? (Rhetorical triple-shot, my ammo counter’s already blinking red.) The short answer: yes, no, and sort of, but let me unpack that […]

Is Veil of Darkness baffling pulp or straight-laced classic? Spoiler: it dresses in both outfits, velvet cloak draped over surplus flight jacket, and waltzes into your DOSBox installation with a grin that says, “Yes, I know my UI looks like a Victorian curio shop, fight me.” Under-rated or over-rated? Absolutely, in the same way garlic can be both a super-food

Is EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest the righteous, compost-fueled sequel the early-’90s deserved, or just a well-meaning PSA wearing a floppy-disk mask? Rhetorical question, answer incoming anyway: both. Sierra’s 1993 follow-up to Search for Cetus is simultaneously a wide-eyed children’s field trip and a surprisingly sharp adventure-game knife, slicing deforestation villains with kindergarten-safe quips (and then reminding you