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A tale of two Pratchetts
Confessions of a dick whose work is mediocre at best
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Richie Shoemaker
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Daikatana: When PC Zone made John Romero a pitch
It was the next big FPS from the rock star programmer behind Doom and Quake. Right up PC Zone’s street, you might think. And it was, until they, like…
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Rik
We have stuff!
And a new face!
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Richie Shoemaker
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1:13:09
The Dune Issue (June 2001)
Listen now | Rhianna Pratchett, Mark Hill, Martin Korda and Keith Pullin (PC Zone’s one-time staff writer, news editor, section editor and Dear Keith…
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PCZ Team
Could PC Zone make a print comeback?
Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow (because it's Sunday), but soon?
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Richie Shoemaker
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The exciting world of virtual reality videogaming*
*according to PC Zone, circa FHM
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Chris Morphy-Godber
“I’m hot. My nipples are like bullets. I’m holding a banana”
In praise of Duncan MacDonald
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Chris Morphy-Godber
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Celebrating 30 years (and 132 days) since being first
No no. No, no no no. No, no no no. That is not John Davison
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Richie Shoemaker
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1:30:50
Oi! Vici MacDonald
A more traditional podcast format for the sixth episode of PC Zone Lives, where instead of trying – and often failing – to get a virtual room full of…
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PCZ Team
1:07:17
The Launch Issue (April 1993)
Listen now | PC Zone was the UK’s first games-only PC magazine. You know this because, (a) we don’t shut up about it, and, (b) it was plastered above…
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PCZ Team
Welcome to PC Zone Lives, again
If you’ve never heard of PC Zone, you’re probably wondering what all this is about. If you have, you may be equally perplexed as to why it has appeared…
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PCZ Team
1:16:36
The Far Cry 2 Issue (July 2008)
Doom, Quake, Half-Life... PC Zone has championed some of the greatest FPS games ever released. It has also championed the most successful, such as the…
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PCZ Team
1:15:45
The Half-Life 2 Issue (June 2003)
When PC Zone revealed Half-Life 2 to the world in its June 2003 issue, it was as much a surprise to its provincial rival as it was to the magazine's…
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PCZ Team
1:10:55
The VR Issue (October 1994)
PC Zone may have been resting during the second coming of virtual reality in 2016, but the magazine was awash with youth and vigour when the first VR…
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PCZ Team
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