Greetings, Arsians! We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, and I'm not just talking the latest AAA blockbusters—we love all kinds of games, from modern to ancient and all points in between.
With that in mind, we're trying something different for the next few months to see how it goes: We've partnered with the folks at GOG.com to create a store page featuring a hand-curated list of some of our favorites from GOG's catalog. At the end of every month, we'll rotate a couple of titles off the list and add a few new ones; altogether, we have a list of about 50 games to set in front of you.
(Please forgive the messy affiliate link—it points to https://www.gog.com/en/partner/ArsTechnica if you'd prefer to go there directly, but arriving on GOG's site via that affiliate link gives Ars a small portion of revenue for anything you buy during your session once you're there. This helps us out quite a bit!)
About twice a month, we'll publish an article like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list—perhaps a retro game you've heard of, perhaps a modern title you missed. Regardless, GOG will have a DRM-free version of the game ready to go.
This is the first step in what will hopefully be a broader partnership where we'll offer neat stuff like GOG discount codes; keep your eyes peeled and I'll have the second July post in a couple of weeks with more details!
This week’s game is Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
There weren't a lot of great Star Trek gaming options in the early '90s. If you wanted to put on your genuine licensed Starfleet uniform and save the galaxy in a starship named Enterprise, you were limited primarily to janky text-based titles like Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative.