Sentient
Reading Time: 8 minutesAs the new medic on board Icarus Station, chat up the locals and investigate multiple plot threads before the station crashes into the sun.
Author: The J Man
loves him some video games, of all eras and types. Finds them, plays them, then writes about them here for curious future generations. Follow him on Twitter at @BurningStickMan for even more musings and questionable life decisions.
Sentient
Myst
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe game that changed adventures, for better or for worse.
System Shock
Reading Time: 9 minutesAs the last survivor on Citadel Station, use your illegal hacking implants to get past the legions of rogue AI SHODAN. Maybe save Earth, maybe get off the station alive.
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs “Rookie One,” become the new star of the franchise through some rail-shooter sequences that play poorly on Sega CD.
X-COM: UFO Defense
Reading Time: 10 minutesOne of the turn-based strategy greats. Respond to alien attacks, research their recovered technology, and build X-Com into a force that might just save the planet.
Ghostbusters
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe subject of many a disappointing rental the world over, Ghostbusters does at least try to add a little strategy and variety to the licensed movie game.