Posted 12/17/08 at 12:00:00 PM by David Murphy

Everyone has a short list of "classic" games that are fun to fire up every now and then.  It doesn't matter how old they are, nor how many times you've successfully beaten these A-list titles.  These awesome games will always hold a special place in your heart no matter what.  That's the enduring legacy of their appeal.

That's why we love remakes -- fresh new takes on classic games or traditional gaming motifs that can be better than the original titles we're used to playing. Bundle in our zealous enjoyment of anything free or open-source, and you've got a recipe for awesome on your hands.  We like awesome, which is why we're profiling five freeware gaming remakes in this week's feature roundup.  Check out these titles, as they're examples of some of the best, remade gaming environments that the freeware/open-source community has to offer!

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Posted 11/21/08 at 05:10:14 PM by Andy Salisbury

That’s right Valve faithful, just this week Gordon Freeman celebrated his valiant service at the Black Mesa Research Facility for the 10th time. That’s a whole decade of butt that Mr. Freeman has been kicking, and he’s opened up the door for tons of other great games.

It was the release of Half-Life that really put Valve on the map, and the video gamer’s world is a better place because of it. Games like Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Team Fotress (2!), Natural Selection and Left 4 Dead have all come out thanks to Half-Life's humble beginnings. If it weren’t for the release of Half-Life 2 and the extremely flexible and stable Source engine, much of the landscape that we all love to shoot up from the first person wouldn’t be here today.

So give your best wishes to all the fine folks at Valve that have kept a strong decade of gaming alive. Without them, without Steam, without Gordon, we wouldn’t be spending so many countless hours (well, counted on our Steam profile pages) blowing out zombie brains and cursing those clever Spies.

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Posted 11/28/07 at 08:50:19 PM by Andy Salisbury

Expressing your individuality online can be difficult, especially if you’re a gamer. While running and gunning your way through games like Counter-Strike: Source or Team Fortress 2 it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. But leaving your mark on the world is easier than you might think. Animated sprays are a great way for you to tell your enemy that, not only have they been pwned, but that you're the one responsible.

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Posted 05/01/07 at 05:37:22 PM by Tom Edwards

Tournament.com, scheduled to launch later this month, will allow gamers to deathmatch for cash.

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Posted 03/23/07 at 01:49:00 AM by Will Smith

Registration for the second annual Showdown LAN parties--in San Jose, CA and Indianapolis, IN is live now! Register here

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