Unlike Champ over here, I don’t have F1 2011 yet. So, I decompressed last night with Civilization V, a game I haven’t really spent a lot of time with lately because its tactical military issues were never quite resolved to my satisfaction. Re-reading Todd Brakke’s thoughtful (and frustrating) game diaries over at No High Scores […]
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Losing at Civilization
May 30th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Firaxis
So I finally lost a game of Civilization 5 in a humiliating way on a difficulty level that I have easily managed and it was my own doing. I’m a builder more than a warrior in Civ and had planned to go for a cultural victory. My Songhai empire was blessed to be surrounded by […]
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Shafer and Stardock
January 5th, 2011 · 16 Comments · Firaxis, Industry, Stardock
When I broke the news that Jon Shafer had left Firaxis, I can honestly say that I had no idea where he would end up. I knew that a deal was in place for him to go somewhere, I knew that he was happy with the move and I knew nothing else. None of my […]
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Jon Shafer Leaves Firaxis
December 21st, 2010 · 25 Comments · Firaxis
I don’t use LinkedIn a lot, but it’s not a bad resource to update your resume just in case someone needs it. It is also a great place to find out things. While I was updating today, I noticed that Civilization 5 lead, Jon Shafer had updated his work history: I have sent emails to […]
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Big Time Patch Week
December 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Firaxis, Patches, PCGamer, Stardock
Last week saw the unveiling of two huge patches for two huge turn based strategy games – in fact the two most disappointing games of the year in the eye of departing Fidgit blogger Tom Chick. I won’t go as far as Tom does regarding Civilization 5. It had a lot of AI problems, and […]
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Strategies in Civilization 5
October 10th, 2010 · 22 Comments · Firaxis, Me
This will probably be my last word on Civ 5 for a while on the blog, but if any of my colleagues want to use this platform to hold forth, I won’t stop them. I’m working on a short strategy guide on Civ 5, and to be honest it is a bit difficult to write. […]
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