I’m not much of a crusader. I’m too reasonable and pragmatic to carry grudges against Electronic Arts or Microsoft or Sony. I am a mature individual. But when one of the good guys is about to get the raw end of a deal, I like to speak up. Even if he is a crusader. Not [...]

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I don’t remember these being big things when I was younger. But now you can get a limited edition Medieval 2 if you pre-order, two differently aligned Neverwinter Nights 2 games with magic rings and a Collector’s Edition of Europa Universalis III with a soundtrack CD and “composer’s diary.” (Why the composer and not the [...]

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VGMWatch‘s Kyle Orland has compiled a list of gaming’s top 50 journalists for Next Gen. And, naturally, there is stuff wrong with the list. Any list that reaches 50 will inevitably lead to hair-splitting and other disagreements. So here are a few of mine. 1) The Penny Arcade guys get a single entry, but Adam [...]

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I’m a big fan of the Take Command games, and the developers at Mad Minute should be very happy with what their tiny operation has accomplished. So the news that sales have been poor and there are significant barriers to staying in business as a going concern is very disappointing. In a post on the [...]

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