This will be a slow posting week, because the work week is anything but slow. I have one preview, two reviews, an interview to transcribe and some housework that can’t wait. Plus whatever else pops up in the interim and something always does.
I still want to get more of my ancient series up, though. I’ve […]

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In the life sim Kudos, your perpetually broke tosser had the option to buy a lottery ticket. My characters rarely had enough scratch to do it, but every now and then they’d drop a few bucks on the ticket. I didn’t expect game breaking piles of money, but an extra fifty pounds here or there […]

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Tom Chick has posted a little blurb about his encounter with Paradox lead designer Johan Andersson. Chick seems to think that I’m crazed with rage about how EU3 deviated from the historical path, which isn’t quite the case. I understand why Paradox did what it did for the reasons laid out in the linked story […]

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My new column for Crispy Gamer has finally gone live. It is called Print Screen and deals with books and film and where they meet the gaming world. It will run near the end of every month.
There some layout issues with the column - no idea what’s happening there, but can find each of […]

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Quite a few blogs are pointing to a Take Two presentation that reveals that the company is considering potential of a Bioshock or Civilization online game/MMO. Here’s Stephen Totillo’s take.
The presentation slide points to World of Warcraft as evidence of the potential size of the market. Which is sort of like pointing to the 1927 […]

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The best thing about Rock, Paper, Shotgun is the comfort in finally having some serious PC gaming peers in a blogosphere dominated by console gaming.
The second best thing RPS is that the team is full of great writers, each of whom has a unique voice. Some of us soldier on alone.
The third best thing is […]

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While I try to determine whether the game I am reviewing is just bland or just forgettable, I should probably remind you all to get the free expansion to Armageddon Empires. I haven’t tried Cult of the Wastelands yet, but I’m still pushing AE when and where I can.
Vic Davis can now begin work on […]

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In 1988, Cases Computer Simulations and R.T. Smith released Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles, a game that was intended to be the first in a series of historical miniature games. The mid 80s was probably the high point of wargame dominance in the computer gaming market, and there were really no ancient wargames on the […]

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If you like real time strategy, and I do, make sure you check out Tom Chick’s new column at Crispy Gamer, “Rush, Turtle, Boom.”

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CGW/GfW’s Tom verus Bruce has probably done as much to amuse me as any single game has, and is, in many ways, a pioneering form of “New Games Journalism” though both men would probably slap me for calling it that. The idea is simple - two guys play a game against or with each other […]

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