Since we didn’t get to record last night, I was able to tune in to the live Gamers with Jobs video cast. It looks like a lot of fun, and it’s too bad my wife would never let me drive to wilds of western Massachusetts to play board games. Because I would totally drink with […]
Entries from May 25th, 2009
Is It Possible to Dislike Civilization IV?
May 22nd, 2009 · 20 Comments · Gamers
On this week’s Rock, Paper, Shotgun podcast, a reader writes in with the question “I don’t like Civilization IV. What’s wrong with me?” (26:12 point.) And, as is typical of my British colleagues, they never quite get around to answering that question. John Walker respects the greatness of the design, but never got into the […]
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Well Played 1.0
May 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on Well Played 1.0 · Design
Well Played 1.0 is a nice series of essays published under the Creative Commons license and available via Lulu. So, it’s free, and you can read it all. It’s about games and their meaning. For my purposes, there is an essay from Kurt Squire about some boys who play Civilization IV multiplayer and the meaning […]
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The Sims (2000-2009)
May 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Design, Feature:Map, Maxis
What this is about. To know the Sims series is to either love it or not get it. Initially pitched to EA as a “virtual dollhouse”, Will Wright’s masterpiece has never quite evolved past that blurb understanding of the game. For millions of gamers, this is enough. You have dolls that walk and talk and […]
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New Histwar Screenshots
May 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Battlefront
The updates on Histwar: Les Grognards come so rarely, that I was genuinely surprised to get one in my email.It’s been in development forever, but apparently it’s finally in beta. Battlefront has uploaded some new screenshots of the Napoleon themed game, and it doesn’t look as good as Empire: Total War. The faces look especially […]
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What Went Wrong With Demigod?
May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Gas Powered Games, Industry, Multiplayer, Stardock
It’s sort of a shame that the multiplayer launch problems have overshadowed how great Demigod is. It’s my early favorite for best strategy game of the year, but I’ve had no shortage of headaches and grief over how difficult it is to get a big MP skirmish going. Brad Wardell, still wearing his hair shirt, […]
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