Simon Parkin has rounded out his list of the top games writing for 2008. I demand a recount.
Entries from December 18th, 2008
Review Symposium at Level Up
December 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Media
The first stop in Shawn Elliott’s Game Review symposium is up at N’Gai Croal’s Level Up blog. EDIT: Full transcript at Shawn Elliott’s blog.
Tags:
History of Ensemble Continued
December 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Ensemble, RTS
Part 2 is now up.
Tags:
Bill Abner’s Top Ten Boardgames of 2008
December 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Blogs, Board Games
Read it. You might come up with a nice gift idea for me.
Tags:
This Week in Bad Opening Sentences
December 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on This Week in Bad Opening Sentences · Media
From Charles Oynett’s review of Rise of the Argonauts at IGN: The fusion of elements from the role-playing and action genres isn’t a new one. It’s part of the foundation of the ancient Greek epic poetry on which Liquid Entertainment’s Rise of the Argonauts is based. Why do people write things like this? I mean, […]
Tags:
It’s Finished
December 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Firaxis, Modding
Tom Chick reports that the epic Civ IV mod Fall From Heaven 2 is now complete, basic patch work aside. I haven’t played FFH in a very long time. The last time I did so, I had some issues with the AI. It changed so many rules and involves so many upgrades that your computer […]
Tags: