Even though they were all 50% off during their crazy Christmas sale, no less than eight great RPGs are currently on sale at GOG.com. I’d recommend completely ignoring two of them however, as Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is just a poor man’s hack’n'slash and Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard is not really worth the admission fee either; but the rest all have my personal recommendations..

When you hear the name Westwood Studios, you’ll probably remember Dune 2, the Command & Conquer series, or Lands of Lore. It’s likely you won’t remember them for their three adventure games taking place in the mystical fantasy kingdom of Kyrandia.

It’s a double-edged sword that most point-and-click retro adventure games we fondly remember were made by Lucas Arts or Sierra – we tend to forget a lot of the other developers that tried to establish themselves in the genre. To be fair, lots of them will be forgotten in a couple of years for good reasons. Will the Kyrandia games stand the test of time?

Turn-based strategy fans rejoice, for this weekend, GOG.com are selling the entire Age of Wonders series at half price! That’s not one, not two, but three great turn-based strategy titles!

Over the years, a lot of Mario fan-games have been released, but unfortunately the majority of these have been ROM hacks, which meant they required the use of copyrighted material. That is not the case with Super Mario Bros. Crossover!

This weekend, fans of point ‘n’ click goodness are gonna wanna check out GOG.com, because both the Police Quest, Space Quest and King’s Quest series are all 50% off – even the first two entries in the Police Quest spin-off series, SWAT are discounted! It would have been even better though, if they had the Quest For Glory series in their catalogue too, and maybe even more so, Leisure Suit Larry, but the three they do have are definitely recommendable  too.

If you’re not excited about this game yet, I’d say it’s about time. Looking for a reason to get excited about it? Then I recommend reading this interview, where topics such as PC vs. console controls, explosions, and of course classic XCOM moments are discussed. But by the time you get to end, you’re going to see some bad news for impatient people: Rock, Paper, Shotgun decided not to post the entire thing at once (booooooooooo!):

It seems that the great people at Good Old Games are on quite a roll, after the recent acquisition of Square Enix. This time they’ve brought part one of the stealth classic trilogy Thief into the world of DRM-free digital goodness. They (GOG.com) have made sure every game they’re selling comes bundled with extras, and this is no exception; the version of Thief comes with the Gold update, which is a small – but worthwhile – expansion.

Speaking of GOG.com (we talk about them fairly often here) it looks like their weekend sale could be quite the boon to those of you with a strategy gaming itch that needs scratching as right now, through the weekend, all Staretgy First games are 50% off on the site. That’s quite the sale for quite a few really good strategy games.

Chances are everyone have heard about the Hitman and Deus Ex franchises, considering the level of popularity both have garnered over the years. If you haven’t, here’s a short description of the main character in the first games:

Command and Conquer, one of the very best and greatest real time strategy classics. Along with Warcraft 2 and the original Red Alert, I’d say C&C is easily one of the best and most premiere RTS today. In fact, they helped pioneer the entire genre (not top mention Dune). In any case, I guess what I’m trying to say is that the game itself is really fun, especially for those who enjoy RTS games.