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PC Gamer Vol. 4, Issue 3 - Diablo [S1E13]


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ISSUE LINK: Video Game History Foundation Library | Collection: PC GAMER (US)

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We enter the dangerously Adult world of PC gaming: Mail-order explicit games, game-deletion utilities to keep people from finding out you play explicit games, politicians fear-mongering about games being a "dirty, dangerous" gateway to Hell--and a very thorough and excellent review of Diablo!

You know, a game about going to actual Hell!

For one of our most-requested mags, PC Gamer, Aidan and Ty get personal about their history with PC gaming, the thrill of the illicit, and late-stage AOL's idealized business model.

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Sources include the Internet Archive, the Video Game History FoundationRetromags.com,  our original research, and our personal magazine collections.

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