Classic PC Games you Should Play - The 7th Guest

The 7th Guest, originally released in 1993,is a puzzle adventure game, developed  by Trilobyte Games which takes place in a haunted mansion with real people acting the roles of the game's NPCs

What is the 7th Guest

Like I said above the 7th Guest is an adventure puzzle game focused on a horror story and it was taking place in a hunted mansion. It had 21 puzzles that had to be solved and back in the day was named by Bill Gates "The future of interactive entertainment.". 

Why it's Great

Because it was one of the first games on a CD, it had great and interesting puzzles, as well as a very nice horror- atmosphere, although what do I know? I played it when I was 7 with my bedroom's lights on and only when my older brother was around.

Where you Can Get It

The 7th Guest has been released for some mobile devices, but we do not care about that, there is currently a steam greenlight campaign to get it on our favourite digital distribution platform here, it is also available DRM free, here 

Classic PC Games you Should Play - Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

I am ashamed to admit it but the truth is that I have never played the original Carmageddon, what I do remember however is the hours I spent murdering people with my red shiny car listening to Iron Maiden's Aces High and the Trooper.

What is Carmadeddon II

Carmageddon  II is a racing game (kind-of), a racing game that you get points from running over people and destroying your competitors with the most violent and creative ways. In this spirit, there where three win conditions for any level in the game, win the race, destroy all opponents or kill all pedestrians.

Why it's Great 

It is great because this game was criticised like few when it first came out for the violence it contained that according to parents at the time would turn us all into killing machines by the age of 18... I haven't still killed a person and I had a blast with the game. although from what I know in some countries the changed the pedestrians to animals or aliens for that same reason.

Where you Can Get It

Good question, I know Amazon has some but if you know more places that sell it please let me know.

Games That Will Make You Cry - To the Moon

To the moon is an adventure-puzzle game, very simplistic in it's gameplay and somewhat short.

However this game stayed in my mind mainly for it's fantastic soundtrack and story. The plot revolves around a technological advance which lets scientists reconstruct a person's memories, a company makes money basically by being hired to alter memories of dying people making them believe that they already had realised their one true dream which they had never fulfilled.

But I will leave it there and let you try the game for yourself. To the moon can be bought from origin, steam and GoG, as well as the official page of the game here, if you are into touching storytelling this game surely is for you.

Tray Parker not so keen on cutting content for DLC

"F**K THAT"
Tray Parker, 2013

Classic PC Games you Should Play - Theme Park

I had this one on my SEGA MegaDrive(that was it's real name!!) growing up and I played it until it broke, though according to wikipedia it was also published on PC (MS-DOS) and every console available at the time so I will stick it here

What is Theme Park

Like Theme Hospital it is a humorous simulation game though this time instead of a hospital you own a theme park, you build it, you make it fun, you charge people for coming, researching more rides, get more money and progress levels, unlocking parks and locations (from what I remember)

Why it's Great

Because Bullfrog knew how to make simulation games fun and not boring (although the publisher was the same as the publisher of some other recent titles I can't even bring myself to play), they defined the genre since the beginning, I would give everything for some Bullfrog right now

Where you Can Get it

Well you can almost buy it: You can find Theme Park World and Theme Park Inc on Amazon here

New Dishonored DLC Revealed - The Brigmore Witches

The new and final DLC for Dishonored has been announced with the name "The Brigmore Witches. Just like "The Knife of Dunwall" the player will be playing not as Corvo but as Daud.

The Brigmore Witches will be available on August 14th and it will most likely be at the same price-range as the "Knife of Dunwall". Storywise the Brigmore Witches is said to pick-up where the last DLC left off giving you more weapons and abilities as well as some more areas to explore in Dunwall. Nice!

Classic PC Games You Should Play - Battle Chess

I barely remember this one but it was in a way the first PC game I ever played and  that is why I am putting it here. Of course today there are countless chess games for the PC but this one was my first and I still remember how entertaining it was to watch the battles play out in front of your screen

What is Battle Chess

Battle Chess is obviously a chess game developed and released way back in 1988. The cool thing about it was that all the pawns where animated and you could see them killing each other in interesting and funny ways. When I was playing it I was still a kid so I didn't know what I was doing but I was trying desperately to discover all the killing animations that were available.

Why it's Great

Its a nostalgia thing I guess but you can't deny that it's cool to watch the pieces come to life to kill each other (maybe I have low entertainment standards)

Where you Can Get it

You can find the special edition at Gog.com, the special edition includes the original Battle Chess, Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess and Battle Chess 4000, if you are interested you can buy it HERE