Richard Cobbett
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Crapshoot: The Quest for Glory fan-game so controversial it's banned from forums
By Richard Cobbett published
Glory hole We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Yes, there was a videogame about Queen, the band
By Richard Cobbett published
We will bore you We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Star Trek: Voyager made better videogames than television
By Richard Cobbett published
Bold We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: The very few and not very good games based on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
By Richard Cobbett published
Deepfakes We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad
Crapshoot: The games of variable quality based on Star Trek: The Next Generation
By Richard Cobbett published
Make it so-so We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad
Crapshoot: Star Trek: Judgment Rites was pretty good for a licensed adventure game
By Richard Cobbett published
Alien Wessels We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad
Crapshoot: Sentient, the game where every NPC has independent AI, and they all hate you
By Richard Cobbett published
Roboflop We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: A teen dream that's more of a nightmare
By Richard Cobbett published
McKenzie & Co. We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Before Leisure Suit Larry, there was Softporn Adventure
By Richard Cobbett published
Sext adventure We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
How the Mass Effect trilogy evolved
By Richard Cobbett published
galaxy quest A moment of Bioware brilliance that kicked off an epic adventure across the stars.
Crapshoot: Escape From Hell, the RPG where Stalin is a member of your party
By Richard Cobbett published
Hell no We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Dizzy, the eggcentric English platformer mascot
By Richard Cobbett published
Cracked We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Conquests of the Longbow, the Robin Hood game that didn't suck
By Richard Cobbett published
Robin Good We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, two great tastes that do not taste great together
By Richard Cobbett published
Jurassic Shart We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: The other, *other* post-apocalyptic RPG, Bad Blood
By Richard Cobbett published
Falldown We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: A Very MUGEN Christmas
By Richard Cobbett published
Ho Ho Ho We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: FMV 'classics' The 7th Guest and 11th Hour
By Richard Cobbett published
7/11 We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
PC gaming terms and their true meanings
By Richard Cobbett, PC Gamer published
best of The real definitions of the words we use to describe PC gaming.
Crapshoot: Time Gate, the other game about templars and assassins
By Richard Cobbett published
Bites Templar We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Womb Raider, the Tomb Raider porn parody
By Richard Cobbett published
NSFW We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Mega Man's terrible PC port
By Richard Cobbett published
Jump Jump We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: Giant ants and an unsettling nurse in It Came from the Desert
By Richard Cobbett published
Thants We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Crapshoot: The almost-great noir detective mess, Private Eye
By Richard Cobbett published
The Big Weep We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
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