If my readers can tolerate yet another post about Battle for Middle Earth II (since I’ve been pegged a fanboy and all…), Andrew Park has written a good preview of the upcoming expansion for Gamespot. My knowledge of Tolkien lore is fairly thin. I couldn’t get past the opening chapters in Silmarillon and, beyond the [...]

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Welcome to the first monthly guest blog. On the fourth Monday of every month, Flash of Steel will host an opinion not necessarily held by me. My first guest is Frosty, an auld acquaintance from the forums of Home of the Underdogs, the first gaming forum that I took to pretty seriously. Since then, both [...]

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Paradox’s fans get exercised over the silliest things. But I bet this is the first time that mass bannings have been threatened for discussion of an empire that died over five hundred years ago.

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Despite the confusion over the release date in the final paragraph, Jeff Haynes’ preview of the highly anticipated Supreme Commander should further whet the appetites of Total Annihilation fans. The highlight of the preview is the confirmation that you can zoom out to a global level, see every ongoing battle and give orders from this [...]

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I like new terminology that helps me convey just what is going on when I game. Last year, I was introduced to the phrase “gaming blindspot“, a handy term to describe what happens when mechanics don’t meet expectations or play style. The September Computer Gaming World has another one that I like. Expanding on his [...]

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Manifesto Games, the brainchild of gaming Cassandra Greg Costikyan and former Computer Gaming World editor Johnny Wilson, has been unveiled to the world. Based on the principles of the Manifesto, Manifesto Games is meant to breathe life into dying genres and give a new portal to indie games that need wider distribution. Seeing Costikyan and [...]

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