I’m assuming that this insane story about advertisements stuck on the front covers of magazines is a parody of people saying that print media has sold out or that it’s on its last legs or something.
Because I can’t believe Tim Rogers has never seen this before. I’ve been complaining about fake covers for years.

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This will be a slow posting week, because the work week is anything but slow. I have one preview, two reviews, an interview to transcribe and some housework that can’t wait. Plus whatever else pops up in the interim and something always does.
I still want to get more of my ancient series up, though. I’ve […]

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The best thing about Rock, Paper, Shotgun is the comfort in finally having some serious PC gaming peers in a blogosphere dominated by console gaming.
The second best thing RPS is that the team is full of great writers, each of whom has a unique voice. Some of us soldier on alone.
The third best thing is […]

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While trying to use propaganda posts in Sins of a Solar Empire last week, I started thinking about cultural control in strategy gaming, how culture assimilation is an either/or proposition, how an homogeneous culture is assumed to be better than one with spillover from neighbors, how rival cultures bring nothing with them but trouble.
Then I […]

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Rob Fermier has posted summaries from many of the GDC talks he attended this year. Lots of great stuff - almost as good as being there.

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I don’t want this to turn into a boardgaming blog (though I hope to have Turn 3 of the AAR up later today) but indie developer Michael Akinde has posted some of his thoughts on the Avalon Hill classic Republic of Rome over on his Imperium blog.
Still no news on a release date over there, […]

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My weekend Vassal/Brettspiel/Skype sessions with Bruce and browsing at Board Game Geek have gotten me more interested in how I can make board games a bigger part of my life. To that end, I give you Bill Abner’s Top Ten Board Games of last year.
Shogun sure looks pretty.

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Nothing like stirring the pot to get a little attention. My recent counterpost to Dr. Nathan Toronto’s article on The Future of the RTS has (with my consent) been reprinted on Gamasutra. I hope the conversation will continue, though I should probably have added a paragraph or two about the potential for Sins of a […]

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Shack News is running an essay contest in which you have to write about your favorite civilization. I guess it’s part of a promo for the upcoming Civilization: Revolution. (I suppose I could have contests, but I’m lazy and cheap. Nobody gives me stuff to award as prizes, but then I don’t ask either. Because […]

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Jeremy Greenfield of Gamers With Jobs has just posted an interesting summary of his attempt to drive a city into the ground in SimCity: Societies. He found, as many critics did, that the system was too forgiving of screw-ups and that it may be harder to kill a city than to create one.
Thanks to the […]

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