Dusty But Trusty: Panzer Front Ausf.B

To qualify for a ‘Dusty But Trusty’ article, a game must be old enough to vote in Nicaragua, buy tobacco in Djibouti, and make the beast with two backs in Nepal. More importantly, it must be demonstrably super, smashing, great, ace, wizard, bonzer, the knees of the bee, the testicles of the dog, and the whiskers and pyjamas of the cat. You don’t need rose-tinted pince-nez or a cutting-edge pixel pump to enjoy 24 karat golden oldies like… Panzer Front Ausf.B.

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The Road of Life demo leaves me cold

What’s the first thing you do if you’re making a driving game about trucking cargo across frozen Lake Ladoga during WW2? Chap in the ushanka and the Россия без Путина t-shirt? Correct, Sir, you ensure your vehicle handling isn’t blander than unseasoned kasha. If the ice carriageway in the Road of Life demo had produced the odd slide or skid, I’d probably have been willing to overlook issues such as the annoying mini-games and occasional performance slumps.

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Ghost Recon (Paranormal stories sought!)

If Halloween 2026 on the Corner is to prove anywhere near as unnerving as Halloween 2025 I’m going to need at least one of you to share a spooky real-life experience with me via email. If you’ve ever seen, heard, or felt anything that conventional science would struggle to explain, and, during the next few days, have time to commit your inexplicable encounter to digital paper and send it in, then please do.

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Tim goes/is Over the Hill

Yesterday afternoon, after a brief daydream near Aberdeen, South Dakota led to a maddening* speeding ticket, I parked Sally in the first gas station I came across, and began scanning Steam for a potential disappointment dissipater. Over the Hill, the new off-roading game from Funselektor, the Art of Rally people, looked like just the thing.

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