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Perhaps understandably, she was less enthused when I wanted to look at the box forDiablo.

(Ah well, give it a decade and some change, mom.)

The boxes for Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings and The Conquerors Expansion with a Windows Central 50 Microsoft badge

I’ve kept the boxes for Age of Empires since I first got them decades ago.

Indeed, I actively hunted for RTS games on consoles, something that remains sadly rare to this day.

Ultimately, it’s nice to reflect and see where it all started for me.

So, thanks for everything, Age of Empires 2, and thanks for taking a chance, Mom.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Victors and Vanquished battle.

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition brought the original game to modern hardware.

I’ll never forget what it did for me.

StarCraft 2 battle

StarCraft 2’s expansions rolled out the long-awaited story mode with new campaigns.

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Total War: Warhammer 3 is still being supported by Creative Assembly.

Age of Empires II with retail box

An original Xbox controller on a leather jacket.

The boxes for Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings and The Conquerors Expansion

Xbox

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Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark running on MSI Claw 8 AI+.

Razer�s Minecraft collection in retail boxes

Screenshots of Blue Prince the game

Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered

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Dbrand accessoreis for Steam Deck

Call of Duty: Warzone returns to its roots with Verdansk map for Season 3.

ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 (2025)

Witchbrook first look screenshots.

Minecraft�s new key art.

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