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- The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, Part 3: A Secret HistoryApr 01, 2026Jimmy Maher
This series of articles chronicles the history, both real and pseudo, behind Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. Henry Lincoln promised at the end of “The Priest, the Painter, and the Devil” that he would continue to investigate the case of François-Bérenger Saunière and Rennes-le-Château. He proved as good as […]
- The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, Part 2: Secret Codes and Hidden MessagesMar 20, 2026Jimmy Maher
This series of articles chronicles the history, both real and pseudo, behind Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. Rennes-le-Château enjoyed its first watershed moment as a media phenomenon when Albert Salamon wrote his newspaper articles in 1956. Its second came when a documentary about the village was aired on French […]
- The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, Part 1: The Priest’s TreasureMar 06, 2026Jimmy Maher
This series of articles chronicles the history, both real and pseudo, behind Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. Believe that there is a secret and you will feel an initiate. It doesn’t cost a thing. Create an enormous hope that can never be eradicated because there is no root. Ancestors […]
- Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the DamnedFeb 20, 2026Jimmy Maher
This article tells part of the story of Jane Jensen. I think I became convinced when I went to CES [in January of 1997] and I walked around the show looking at all these titles that were the big new things, and not one screen had full-motion video. I realized that if I wanted anyone […]
- 1998 Ebook!Feb 16, 2026Jimmy Maher
Hi, folks… Just a quick note to inform you that the ebook for 1998 is now available on the usual page. I’m sorry this was so long in coming. I owe a huge thanks to my hiking buddy Stefaan Rillaert, who adapted Richard Lindner’s original scripts to run on Linux instead of Windows. We’ve elected […]
- Ultima IXFeb 06, 2026Jimmy Maher
This article tells part of the story of the Ultima series. Years ago, [Origin Systems] released Strike Commander, a high-concept flight sim that, while very entertaining from a purely theoretical point of view, was so resource-demanding that no one in the country actually owned a machine that could play it. Later, in Ultima VIII, the […]
- Omikron: The Nomad SoulJan 23, 2026Jimmy Maher
The idea of being in the body of a guy and making love to his wife — when she believes you’re her husband, even though you’re not — was a very strange position to be in. That’s exactly the kind of thing I try to explore in all my games today. — David Cage, speaking […]
- HomeworldJan 02, 2026Jimmy Maher
This article tells part of the story of real-time strategy. The first-person shooter and the real-time-strategy game, those two genres that had come to absolutely dominate mainstream computer gaming by the end of the 1990s, were surprisingly different in their core technologies. The FPS was all about 3D graphics, as aided and abetted by the […]
- Huge for the Holidays: Epic Interactive Fiction of the Millennial PeriodDec 19, 2025Jimmy Maher
This article tells part of the story of post-commercial interactive fiction. After fighting the tendency for decades, I’ve finally learned to accept that I’m a bit of a conservative, if not a downright Luddite, when it comes to my interactive fiction — or my text adventures, as I still persist in calling them. Despite its […]