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The Return of CivAnon

June 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Firaxis, Industry

I loved this marketing campaign when 2k and Firaxis did it for Civilization 4. Happy to see it is back

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 68: Selling Strategy

June 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Industry, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

  This week, Troy, Julian and Rob are joined by PR pros Joe Ziemer (Triple Point PR, Paradox shill) and Stephanie Schopp (Tinsley PR, Stardock water carrier) to talk about marketing strategy games in this gaming and business environment. Is strategy gaming really dead? How do you find new audiences and keep the old ones? [...]

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Timegate Store

May 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Industry

The Kohan games are personal favorites, so don’t miss the chance to buy them at a very reasonable price at the newly opened Timegate Store.

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Coming Attractions Feature at Gamespy: The Pain of the Writer

May 26th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Feature, Gamespy, Industry, Me

Another long form feature of mine was just published at Gamespy. This time I look at the art and science of opening cinematics. If you have any comments on the article itself, put them there. If you want to comment on this post, however, comment here. Because I have more to say. I like feature [...]

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The Slitherine/Matrix Merger

May 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Industry, Matrix, Slitherine

My life has been a bit of a mess lately, so this is my first opportunity to post on last week’s big strategy business move. From the press release: Slitherine Ltd and Matrix Games today announced that they have signed a comprehensive agreement to merge the companies creating the world’s largest wargaming specialist publisher. Both [...]

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Civilization 5 Makes You Pay More for Babylon

May 6th, 2010 · 38 Comments · Firaxis, Industry

I love Civilization. Millions of us do. I love Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar. Hundreds of us do. But the idea of paying for a Digital Deluxe Edition if I want the Babylonians as a playable Civ? Not nice, 2k Games. Not nice at all. I get the business thinking here – bonuses for special editions or [...]

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