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Entries from March 17th, 2011

Three Moves Ahead Episode 108 – Three Men of War

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

Julian and Rob are at death’s door following PAX East and a week of cruel beatings at the hands of Men of War: Assault Squad. Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Jim Rossignol, author of This Gaming Life, comes to their rescue, and together they try to figure out why this genre-breaking, rule-defying battlefield simulator exerts such a […]

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The French National Character

March 16th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Feature:Nations

What this is about, including full list. In spite of all that France has given the world, few nations are as heartily disliked in the English speaking world. French has become synonymous with snobbish, pretentious, rude and cowardly. This is a twentieth century opinion of course; in the 19th century France was full of overly […]

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The Things You Miss

March 14th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Me

I’ve been getting a lot of questions from friends, readers and colleagues about how I am adjusting to the new job. It’s only really been a month, so there’s a lot of HELP ME still going on. Throw in a very rushed and imperfect move and you have the recipe for me to continually wonder […]

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Boston and Toronto: Meetups Galore

March 11th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Me, Podcast

First a reminder about the blog/podcast meetup for friends and followers and fans this Sunday at Pax East in Boston. Details are here, so please chime in and let Rob know that you are keen on being there. Now that I have relocated for a while, though, it is time for me to host one […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 107 – Hail, Hail, the (GDC) Gang’s All Here

March 10th, 2011 · 20 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

During GDC, Tom Chick and Soren Johnson hosted a talk that was so good that a single panel couldn’t contain them. They have invaded Three Moves Ahead to talk to Rob and Bruce about why strategy gaming is in a platinum age, how the business of development is changing, and the relative importance of AI […]

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Give Me Back My Legions

March 9th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Ancients, Matrix, Slitherine, Wargames

It was probably when I replayed the Battle of Teutoberger Wald from the Roman side for the 20th time that I realized just how deeply Field of Glory has sunk into my gaming routine. It’s a not daily fix like Dungeon Crawl is or Civ 4 was for many years. But it is a game […]

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