My review of the latest Galactic Civilizations II expansion pack is up at Crispy Gamer. I’ve always “liked” GalCiv2, but I think I’m closer to “love” now. I’ve slammed expansion packs in the past for adding nothing, and you could make a case that Arnor adds very little that is new. But it adds so […]
Entries from May 19th, 2008
Twilight of the Arnor Review
May 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Review, Sci Fi, Stardock
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The Road to Indie Success
May 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogs, Indie Games, Media
N’Gai Croal has loaned one of the most important chairs in games journalism to Bill Harris (from Dubious Quality) for a two part interview with Vic Davis, the man behind Armageddon Empires, one of my favorite games of 2007. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Harris and Davis use site views and sales […]
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1960: The Making of a President TURN FOUR
May 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
Turn One Turn Two Turn Three At long last, we return to the hustings. Phase 1 -2 red, Nixon Initiative. Kennedy goes first (13 to 16) KENNEDY 1: New Frontier / Event: Discard Stature Gap, Civil Rights Act NIXON 1: Gaffe / Event: -1 Momentum (to zero!) and -3 support MI (to zero, only has […]
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The State of Strategy Gaming
May 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Design, Industry, Maxis
I’m pretty far behind in my podcast listening. I haven’t listened to the PC Gamer podcast or the Games for Windows ‘cast in a while. The Gamers With Jobs podcast is still a weekly listen, though. And this week’s broadcast deals specifically with strategy gaming. Maxis’ Soren Johnson sits in and talks about Civ IV, […]
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XIII Century Review
May 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Medieval, Wargames
My review of the medieval war game XIII Century: Death or Glory is up at Crispy Gamer. I didn’t like it all that much, which puts me at odds with the only other review online, Brett Todd’s positive review at Gamespot. It’s interesting how two reviewers can come to such different conclusions. Where he sees […]
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Poetical Cynicism
May 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Media
Chewing Pixels‘ Simon Parkham on Game, Set, Watch has treated us to a wonderful little poem about the downward spiral of a prospective games journalist. For a while It worked out Till he married and chose to breed: Ten pence a word a family will not feed. So he worked Ten times harder, So he […]
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