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A 12TB data leak from Steam's defunct 'Steam2' servers has surfaced lost PC gaming history, including cut content from games like Portal 2 and hints about unreleased titles. The leak is publicly accessible and involves content from 2003 to 2013.
A developer adds NetHack to their community app and discovers the 38-year-old roguelike's surprising depth, including multiplayer via bones files and countless obscure interactions.
A retrospective on the history of Maxis and the development of SimCity, exploring the disconnect between hardcore gamers' preservation efforts and the actual commercial successes of casual gaming in the 1990s.
A retrospective on Wing Commander IV and the FMV-heavy 'Silliwood' trend of the 1990s, exploring how Chris Roberts blended cinema and gaming in an era of ambitious but short-lived interactive entertainment.