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Tag: Looking Glass Studios

New Weird Thief: The Dark Project pioneered New Weird literary genre at Looking Glass Studios with its dark themes and dissonant narrative elements
Opinion

How Thief Helped Pioneer the New Weird Genre

Everyone agrees that Thief: The Dark Project was important. It helped to establish stealth games and immersive sims, demonstrated new ways to integrate ...
By Andrei PechalinOctober 15, 2020
Good Old Reviews

System Shock Enhanced Edition – Wonderfully Fun And Flawed

System Shock is a name which makes us think of darkened hallways, inhuman cyborgs, and a little spiritual sequel called BioShock. But in ...
By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2015
Experienced Points

Know Your Gaming Roots

A lot of gamers are ignorant of where early games came from, who made them, and how things turned out for those people. ...
By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorNovember 12, 2010
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