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On a Pale Horse

On a Pale Horse

On a Pale Horse

A Game Without Winners

The apocalypse, presented as entertainment, is surely a contradiction. Filled with thrilling car chases, heroes from the wasteland, triumphs of civilized morality over ...
By Spanner Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007
On a Pale Horse

The End Is Definitely Nigh

Mister Tophat was a dazzling socialite, a Consumer of the finer things in life, before they came. According to his in-game biography, he ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007
On a Pale Horse

Ninety Percent of You Die

“Whatever form it takes, we posit that [the apocalypse] will wipe 90% or more of the population from the globe, and directly or ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007
On a Pale Horse

From Black Isle to Bethesda

While Black Isle is probably best known for their work on the Baldur’s Gate series and Planescape: Torment, they made a name for ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007
On a Pale Horse

Worlds from The Zone

Few games are as bleak as GSC Game World’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. Then again, few games have appropriated the mythology, psychology and ...
By Jim Rossignol Legacy AuthorMay 22, 2007
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