games · vinckr

A running index of games I recommend to friends, games I still want to try, and assorted good stuff around games.

The ones I keep coming back to. If you ask me for a recommendation, it's probably on this list.

Pharaoh — egyptian city builder, still holds up
Warcraft III — the peak of RTS, many modern genres were invented in the custom map scene of Starcraft and perfected in Warcraft III, for example Dota, Tower Defense or AOS-style games.
Heroes of Might and Magic III — turn-based strategy perfection
vanilla World of Warcraft — nothing has matched the feeling since
Counter-Strike: Source — the only cs that I played a lot as a kid
Command & Conquer: Generals — zero hour is a must
Grim Fandango — best adventure game ever made, fight me
Toonstruck — weird 90s point-and-click cartoon adventure game
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars — my first adventure game, never was able to beat it as a kid
Minecraft — probably the "ultimate" game, contains just about everything you can imagine if you go deeper
Northgard — compact viking RTS, great for an evening
Frostpunk — bleak survival city builder, brutal and beautiful
Darkstone — diablo-like from 1999, very underrated, iconic graphics

Games I want to try out. No particular order.

Keep classics alive. Most of these either run old games on modern systems or are open source reimplementations.

The vanilla+ scene keeps getting better. Running private servers is the only way to actually play WoW.

Useful when building something bigger than a dirt hut.

Good for a coffee break. Roughly ranked best to worst by my taste.