It's easy to fall into a routine dichotomy here. New games some days, retro games other days. Unfortunately, that rather ignores games from the last couple of years, which don't fit neatly into either category. Let's change that.

I find myself currently between games to really occupy me - an unfortunate hangover from the MMO mania of a couple of years back, which has left a part of my brain forever desiring a game I can utterly lose myself to for months at a time. With my third major bout of intense TF2 play, my most recent distraction, now behind me, I survey the landscape and there's nothing huge I can imagine spending a few deep-seated weeks with, at least not until Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3. So, instead I turn to the very recent past. I've been snacking briefly on games I've wanted to replay or never got around to playing, and I suspect it'll lead to a few posts like this. First, Overlord.

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