Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.

By which I specifically mean 'have you played the first level of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire?' Though the bulk of this 1997 game was a humdrum shooter, the opening mission was a then-astounding recreation of the battle of Hoth, almost two decades before Battlefront was a pixel-shaded twinkle in anyone's eye.

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