Though some listeners were annoyed with Tom and Julian for devoting an entire episode of Three Moves Ahead to Brutal Legend, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences agree that Tim Schafer’s heavy metal adventure whatsit is, in fact, a bona fide strategy game and, in fact, the best one of 2009. In other AIAS [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Awards'
The Limits of IGF Judging
January 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Awards, Indie Games
AI War was not nominated for any Independent Game Festival awards. This is does not surprise anyone, even the creator. (Spotted at RPS.) Chris Park makes some observations about the IGF judging process that echo my own experiences with the indie awards. IGF winners generally tend to be very short and have a clear and [...]
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2009 End of Year Strategy Wrap-Up
December 29th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Awards
A rather rapid dash home to Canada for the holidays and poor access to the internet (not that I would have had time) meant that I didn’t get a lot of December blogging done. But there’s always time for the annual look back at the year in strategy gaming. I Wish I Had Played This [...]
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Strategy Games of the Half Year – 2009 Edition
June 29th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Awards, Me
Six months in and 2009 already has some strong contenders for best strategy game of the year. In all, it’s been a strong half year with a few surprises. But, with the caveat that I have not played a final buld Blood Bowl yet, I still had no trouble coming up with the three best [...]
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E3 Critics Skip Small Booths
June 16th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Awards, E3
Maybe it’s Paradox’s fault for not having a floor display but instead hiding in a tiny box to the far right of one of the halls. But there is zero reason for the E3 critics not nominating either Hearts of Iron 3 or East India Company for best strategy game of show. Especially when they [...]
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12th Annual AIAS Awards
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · AIAS, Awards
The nominees for the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences awards have been announced. The strategy and simulation nominees are: * Advance Wars: Days of Ruin – Nintendo – Intelligent Systems * Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Electronic Arts – EA Los Angeles * Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution – 2K Games – Firaxis [...]
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