The making of . . . pentiment

Inkle’s Overboard prequel offered ingenious innovations – but got a raw deal at launch

PERSONAL ADVENTURES IN GAMES

Remakes and remasters may seem like easy money, but just how difficult is it to get it right?

The Chinese Room’s sequel brings the Phyre

AFTER THE RELEASE OF DOOM, FOR A WHILE THERE WAS ONE NAME TO SUM UP SIMILAR GAMES: DOOM CLONE. THIS EVEN APPLIED TO GAMES LIKE DESCENT, EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY THING IT HAD IN COMMON WITH DOOM WAS ITS FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.