
Justin Wagner
Justin first became enamored with PC gaming when World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights 2 rewired his brain as a wide-eyed kid. As time has passed, he's amassed a hefty backlog of retro shooters, CRPGs, and janky '90s esoterica. Whether he's extolling the virtues of Shenmue or troubleshooting some fiddly old MMO, it's hard to get his mind off games with more ambition than scruples. When he's not at his keyboard, he's probably birdwatching or daydreaming about a glorious comeback for real-time with pause combat. Any day now...
Latest articles by Justin Wagner

You can finally try out Old School RuneScape’s first new skill in nearly two decades right now
By Justin Wagner published
News If you voted for shamanism like I did, you’ve got a boatload of consolation prizes in store.

Balatro's LocalThunk isn't 'trying to pull a Banksy', he just 'wanted to be left alone to make his game'
By Justin Wagner published
News According to his publisher, LocalThunk’s anonymity is less about artsy obfuscation and more about minding his own business.

The warframe with a guitar that shoots fire is out today alongside a bunch of metalcore-inspired skins, cementing Warframe's spiral into Y2K madness
By Justin Wagner published
News Techrot Encore is here, so get out your wallet chains and CD binders.

Arrowhead’s CEO got a call from PlayStation when he said players could save their money and wait to buy Helldivers 2 until the servers were fixed: They ‘asked me what the f*** I’m smoking’
By Justin Wagner published
News It’s said you should always be closing, even on Super Earth.

The United Nations asked Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead if it'd give a talk on psychological manipulation: ‘Could we brainwash an entire community to fight for a fascist state? … Would we be okay with that? Turns out, yeah’
By Justin Wagner published
News Players’ eagerness in the fight for Super Earth begs the question: are we the baddies?

American Truck Simulator’s latest teaser is just a sound effect and no one seems to agree on what exactly it means
By Justin Wagner published
News Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound like the game’s current coterie of big rigs.

Major performance issues aside, over half of Monster Hunter Wilds’ sales are from Steam alone
By Justin Wagner published
News The formerly console-exclusive series is now among the most-played games on PC

After years of playing as stupid, boring humans in Fallout, you can finally channel your inner Walton Goggins and become a ghoul in Fallout 76
By Justin Wagner published
News The Ghoul Within update kicks off the game's 20th season with ghoulification, new perks, and more.

World of Warcraft Classic’s Season of Discovery may be teasing a legendary weapon that players have speculated is in the game for two decades
By Justin Wagner published
That’s a hunter weapon.

Get in here, stalker: Stalker 2’s Patch 1.3 is here with a whopping 1,200 fixes
By Justin Wagner published
News The janky, joyous survival FPS now becomes less janky, more joyous.

Larian's Swen Vincke subtweets anyone still fixated on singleplayer games' commercial viability: 'They just have to be good'
By Justin Wagner published
News The Baldur's Gate guru sends out a reminder that no revenue projection is as convincing as, well, a good game.

Cities: Skylines 2 celebrates 10 years of Cities with more nuanced homelessness and six new DLCs
By Justin Wagner published
The new packs will be free for Ultimate Edition owners, but everyone will need to check which of their mods have broken.

This Yu-Gi-Oh! retro collection transported me to a simpler time in TCGs, before Pot of Greed was banned and the Avengers were in Magic: The Gathering
By Justin Wagner published
CC-GEE It’s time to dust off the old Duel Disk.

This Sims 2 mod makes all your sims very horny but that's not actually the best part
By Justin Wagner published
Random Romance Ever feel like your Sims aren’t messy enough? Crank up the romantic randomness.

This cheat mod makes The Sims 2 feel like a god game and it turns out I am a cruel, cruel god
By Justin Wagner published
Master Manipulator I am tired of Pleasantview. These Sims. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.

Immersive sci-fi FPS Skin Deep feels like Prey by way of Looney Tunes
By Justin Wagner published
Slapstick Skin Deep aims to be anything but.

Orcs Must Die Deathtrap review: Inebriation-friendly wave defense
By Justin Wagner published
Hold your orcses A confident roguelike reinvention, Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap remains a bloody good time despite some growing pains.

Fire off rounds and roundhouse kicks in cinematic brawler Spine – This is Gun Fu
By Justin Wagner published
News For those who take a little marshaled artillery in their martial arts.

I’m so ready to embrace vehicle-swapping Mad Max carnage in Drivers of the Apocalypse
By Justin Wagner published
News Your vehicle is your only weapon, so you may as well call shotgun.

4v4v4 tactical shooter Alara Prime announces early 2025 alpha playtest
By Justin Wagner published
News Players will go head to head to head in this class-based FPS early next year.

Deepest Fear is underwater 'immersive sim horror' where enemies hide in every drop of water
By Justin Wagner published
News It’s already reminiscent of Bioshock and System Shock, with more deliciously overt horror.

The Outlast Trials' new content update gets a December release date and spooky new story trailer
By Justin Wagner published
News She's in the walls.

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap shows off a January release date and details its roguelite facelift
By Justin Wagner published
News The tower defense-action game hybrid is ushering in the new year with some welcome twists and a playable grizzly bear.
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