๐Ÿ’ฟ SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT๐Ÿ’ฟ Let's face it, after having done this show for over 9 years now, we've done all the good DOS games and are scraping the barrel.

So starting now, 1 April 2026, we've taken the very serious move to rebrand to WINDOWS GAME CLUB ๐Ÿฅณ

To celebrate this joyous occassion, we'd like to kick things off with Half-Life (1998, Valve/Sierra), a game that was actually (no joke) suggested on our forums!

https://www.dosgameclub.com/half-life/

#windowsGaming #podcast

Half-Life โ€“ DOS GAME CLUB Podcast

Monthly online discussion and roundtable podcast featuring one DOS game per episode.

DOS GAME CLUB

For WINDOWS GAME CLUB EPISODE 001 we have hosts @Tijn and @rnlf joined by @erysdren and Richter ("Old PC Guy").

Make sure to check out https://valvearchive.com by @erysdren and Richter's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@theoldpcguy5733

Thanks to our producer @pix for making this episode happen!

And thanks to all listeners, who no doubt will be very much supporting our decision to pivot to Windows and leave MS-DOS behind.

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Please enjoy our BRAND NEW LOGO
As well as the NEW THEME TUNE

If you're into this stuff, please visit our website at https://www.dosgameclub.com where we have forums to discuss all the games etc.

We're still busy updating the website to reflect the rebranding to WINDOWS GAME CLUB, so bear with us.

DOS GAME CLUB Podcast

Monthly online discussion and roundtable podcast featuring one DOS game per episode.

DOS GAME CLUB
@dosgameclub still can't tell if elaborate prank
@miclgael haha well... only one way to find out! (it's a joke)
@dosgameclub @miclgael nonono, we now expect a 2 hour episode on Half-Life! Or there will be riots!
@jernej @miclgael Well guess what, click the link! :D
@dosgameclub I have now actually clicked the link (I tend to avoid that on April 1st :P) and my day is infinitely better and my lunch tastier.

@dosgameclub oh joy! I've *secretly* been waiting for this, for a very long time.  

The amount of 32 bit windows games released should keep us busy for at least ten more years.

As an aside, I love the new podcast intro. Truly a work of class and style!

@dosgameclub you forgot to include the video of the DGC team making this announcement
@dosgameclub in honor of this momentous day I've unearthed my box copy of hl2 - 5 CDs in all their glory.
@dosgameclub Finally!!! :) I hope that at some point, you will also cover both the prequel Quarter-Life and the sequel Full-Life.
@dosgameclub let me join you guys on this epic day with my OG Half-Life big box and also the OG Raising the Bar book (where is that reprint, Valve?)!

@srandista @dosgameclub Wow, awesome box! Iโ€™m also waiting for the second edition of the book - missed ordering the first one back then.

The current episode perfectly matches my wallpaper! ๐Ÿฅธ

@dosgameclub finally we can get an episode on SkiFree 

@fneddy it's an april fools joke, we're not actually moving away from DOS games ๐Ÿ˜…

That said, we did do an actual episode on Half-Life!

@dosgameclub i am not through listening the episodes yet. still waiting for the <April fools> cry out. ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜œ
@dosgameclub wonderful episode as always๐Ÿ™Œ
@dosgameclub I think HL2 only required steam for online key verification. But the game came on the disk.
@dosgameclub i definitely played HL2 with dialup. So it didnโ€™t use much bandwidth.