The Best of Big Download: May 18-24

By Joystiq Staff

It's a long holiday weekend which means watching basketball and racing on TV, going to the movies or for some of you reading Big Download's highlights from the past 7 days (and you are a sad lot if that's the case). Check it out now.

Exclusive Features

  • Countdown to E3 2009: We continue our gallery features leading up to next month's trade show with a look at the action games we want to see at E3.
  • NASCAR iRacing Interview: We get the co-founder of iRacing to talk about his plans for returning NASCAR licensing racing sims to the PC in 2010.
  • Reviews: We have verdicts on the co-op shooter Killing Floor and the Thrustmaster T.16000M Joystick
  • Mac Monday: Our Mac column reviews the recent port of the odd adventure game The Path.
  • Boot Disk: Our regular retro games feature takes a look at the original Command and Conquer RTS game.
  • Indie Showcase: Our indie games column this week takes a look at three games that are still in beta form: Aces Wild, Arc & Malice and Minecraft.
  • Big Ideas: Our column on game themes takes a look at why game adaptation of movies don't usually turn out well.
  • Big Iron: Our PC hardware column this week looks at input devices and how they hearken back to old fashioned tech.
  • Freeware Friday: In a bit of a twist, this week's look at free PC games is also a retro feature on Grand Theft Auto 2.


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