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TRX is the best way to play Tomb Raider I-III on your Mac

August 19, 2026

Playing almost any Tomb Raider game on a Mac is a headache. It always has been since the Intel chip era, with the only way to play them being via emulators or when Tomb Raider II was available on the Mac App Store back in 2011. However, an open-source reimplementation project has reached a point…

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Laura Michet's Blog

I've worked in the games industry for over 15 years and have posts about game development and narrative design stretching back to 2013. My blog is a general-purpose blog, but the RSS feed provided here contains all the games-specific posts only. These include postmortems, recommendations, posts about development best practices, and more.

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The Outerhaven

The Outerhaven is an independent gaming and geek culture outlet covering games through news, reviews, previews, personal editorials, and one very fun podcast.

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This Week in Videogames

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Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads, AI, or filler content. 100% independent, commercial-free, and reader-funded.

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Pixels and Polygons

Home of original writing, publishing, and podcasts by Darren Hupke, including the 32 Bit Library series, Pixels and Polygons Quarterly, Beat ‘Em Up, and more!

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RPGamer

RPGamer is an enthusiast site specialising in covering video game RPGs of all shapes and sizes.

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Nuclear Monster

A New Internet Website About Video Games & More.

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Zelda Dungeon

Zelda Dungeon is an all-encompassing Legend of Zelda website, providing strategy guides for each game, daily news and editorial content related to the series, a wiki encyclopedia, and a community message board.

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Aftermath

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A worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them.

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No Escape

Digital Culture and its Discontents

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Virtual Bastion

Born of a collaborative effort between Cary, The Duck of Indeed, and Hatm0nster, Virtual Bastion is a space focused on enthusiastic and civil discussion of video games. We’re here to talk about what’s going on in the industry as well as the common experiences we all face and share as gamers. We’re here to celebrate all the fun and greatness of the gaming experience as well as reflect upon the frustrations and shadiness that accompany it.

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GamingOnLinux

Dedicated to Linux, SteamOS, Open Source.

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Shutter Paw

Shutter Paw is a website that covers video games, the industry behind them, and whatever else comes to mind. Analysis with the occasional bit of patter – and lots of COD Zombies.

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Stop Caring

A publication about video games focused on the ways they evoke unique cultural conversations as well as the personal lessons we can learn from them as artistic media.

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polygonalwater.com

joseph lastname from bluesky dot com, writing about video games whenever I finish them since 2024. Also featuring random articles involving gaming sometimes.

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The Works of Egan

I'm a video editor, motion designer, and video game enthusiast with a penchant for writing. This is my personal blog, where I mostly write about video games, but also sometimes write about art, pizza, nice weather, New York City, and lots of other things. I also share what I'm currently playing, what's in my backlog, my list of favorite games, as well as projects I'm working on, and a monthly link roundup of things to read, watch, and play around the web.

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PepsimanVsJoe's Videogame Blog

From beloved classics to forgotten obscurities, I review whatever catches my interest.

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The Ancient Gaming Noob

Explorations in MMORPGs and related genres with occasional polemics about the industry, prices, hardware, our cats, and things that may or many not have happened in the 1980s.

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Rascal News

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Rascal News is a tabletop roleplaying game and culture outlet striving to sustainably publish voicey journalism that is compelling, deeply-reported, and fearlessly honest. We’re also a little cheeky.

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one more run

a blog about running and videogames by grayson morley

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Entertainium

Critical opinions about the world of video games, one article at a time.

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