Our Team Fortress 2 server is up. Point to tf.ptdmagazine.com to join.

Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

by Patrick Hufford on March 17, 2006

You just have to wonder sometimes — what would a fashion designer know about creating a video game? How many times in the past have we seen other companies try to develop and market video games only to see them…

SimCity Classic Live

by Owen Allen on

The Ancient Greeks believed the city’s ruler’s character had direct effects on the health of the city. If a city’s leader was immoral, they believed that famines, plagues, or Godzilla attacks would result. So when I play the classic version…

Star Wars RPG

by Jesse Merrit on

What is it that gamers do when they regain their “light” vision, when they are forced to emerge from the darkness of their room, basement, or den because of cramped fingers, burned retinas, or because that part of your lip…

Ultima IV

by Peter Berger on

The Ultima series of computer role-playing games created many of the idioms that still suffuse modern RPGs. The apotheosis of the series, in terms of pure gaming satisfaction, is unarguably Ultima IV: Quest For the Avatar (xu4). Thanks to the…

GUN

by William Everett on March 9, 2006

When Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater hit stores in 1999 for the PlayStation 2, Neversoft became the authority in the extreme sports genre. Seeing the great success that the Tony Hawk name had brought them, they soon began development of Tony…

PTD Interviews PTD Staff

by Lorien Faulkner on March 5, 2006

A few months ago, when everything was starting to come together, no one really thought much of how to introduce played.todeath.com to the world. After all, we were all too busy writing reviews and poking interviews out of people to…

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

by PTD Contributor on March 4, 2006

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, a perfect blend of The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, guaranteed to leave die-hard fans of the series salivating for more. It should even lure back those jaded fans of Warrior Within who…

Darwinia

by Lorien Faulkner on

Although you might not agree with your grandmother concerning the tastiness of her Metamucil fiber-wafers, I think we can all agree on one thing:  nothing compliments a healthy breakfast more than a warm bowl of steamed lemmings.  Lemmings are so…

GTA: Liberty City Stories

by Patrick Hufford on

How many of you remember when Grand Theft Auto 3 was released? The game really curled the short hairs on a lot of folks, from video game violence opponents to politicians alike. Even recently, mainstream television fired a shot across…

Indigo Prophecy

by Patrick Hufford on

Have you ever played a game that sucks you in to such a degree that it get’s you thinking about what a great movie it would make?

Now take this a step further; how many movies have been created based on…

Upcoming PTD Events