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Entries from February 24th, 2011

Three Moves Ahead Episode 105 – Sometimes You Gotta Roll the Hard Six

February 24th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

In the wake of another successful Rabbitcon, Lara Crigger and Rob Daviau join Julian and Rob to talk about good luck, bad luck, and fun luck. Rob and Lara discuss her first wargaming experience, Hold the Line, and how it came down to a photo finish despite some unspeakably bad luck for her American forces […]

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No Reboot Without Relocation

February 20th, 2011 · 14 Comments · Me

As of today, I live in Toronto. Again. The city I love more than any other, and one full of happy memories. It was obvious to a lot of people that as awesome as 2010 was professionally, personally it was a bit of a mess. I prefer to keep the details private, not because they […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 104 – What Would Manstein Do?

February 17th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Bruce and Rob welcome Troy back to the show by monopolizing conversation as they describe their reactions to War in the East. Bruce consults von Manstein’s Lost Victories in the hopes of discovering where they went, but Rob is pretty sure the Germans dropped them somewhere in the Pripyat Marshes. All Troy knows for sure […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 103 – Community

February 10th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Rob turtles up for a free-for-all discussion of RTS multiplayer gaming with Tom Chick and Chris Remo. What really powers the Starcraft II community, and why can’t other RTS games match it? It looks unstoppable, but does a challenger arise with League of Legends? 3MA favorites Supreme Commander II and RUSE depress the panel with […]

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The Anatomy of the AAR

February 8th, 2011 · 16 Comments · AAR

The after action report has probably been around in one form or another since the beginning of video games. Though telling you friend how you schooled a rival in Pong is not exactly an AAR, the need to share our gaming experiences goes back pretty far in gaming history. AAR’s don’t really work, of course, […]

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Saturday Meet Up Report

February 6th, 2011 · 14 Comments · Three Moves Ahead

I would like to thank everyone who came out yesterday – Joe, Jon, Ryan, Rob, Kat, Jared, Josh, Bruce and Lori. It was a great time with good conversation. Josh managed to get some pictures, and thereby not end up in any of them.   You know the meetup is a success when Bruce gives […]

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