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Entries from May 19th, 2009

Three Moves Ahead Episode 13 – Tom vs Bruce vs Troy vs Julian

May 19th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Multiplayer, Podcast, Relic, RTS, Three Moves Ahead

Four men enter, two men leave as Tom and Bruce welcome their podcast partners into the oldest continuous rivalry in strategy gaming. In the first official multiplayer recap session in TMA history, the panel talks about Dawn of War 2, how the multiplayer experience holds up under the pressures of age and infirmity. Bonus files […]

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The Final Word on Tower Defense Games

May 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer

If you heard Episode 11 of Three Moves Ahead, then you know that neither Tom Chick nor I have a lot of love for tower defense games. Tom, at least, is man enough to suck it up and devote an entire column to the games anyway.

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Europa Universalis series (2000-2008)

May 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Feature:Map, Paradox

What this is about. More than probably any other major recent strategy series, the Europa Universalis games are about maps. You have maps of territorial control. Maps of religious influence. Maps of cultural extent. Maps of what you haven’t found yet. And every choice that Paradox Studios makes in ascribing a characteristic to a province […]

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Theatre of War 2 Is Killing My Patience

May 14th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Battlefront, Wargames

Is it supposed to be this slow? The opening battle in Theatre of War 2‘s American campaign has you holding off advancing German troops. It’s pretty straightforward, and not all that difficult. Get your guns pointed in the right direction, use your small armor force as a fireman unit to stop any vehicles that get […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 12 – Diplomacy and Catching Up

May 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

So what happens when an emergency derails a scheduled topic for a podcast? People scramble, that’s what. Listen as Troy, Tom and Julian spend half the podcast debating and discussing how diplomacy is best represented in strategy games, and the other half catching up with topics previously covered, with shoutouts to a Flash of Steel […]

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Putting My Degree To Work on a Stupid List

May 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer

My recent feature at Crispy Gamer is mostly tongue in cheek, but I hope it provokes some discussion. (I sent a draft to my podcast panel before Sunday’s recording, so we talk a little bit about the idea. You’ll be able to hear it soon.) Regular readers probably know that I think lists like this […]

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