N’Gai Croal has loaned one of the most important chairs in games journalism to Bill Harris (from Dubious Quality) for a two part interview with Vic Davis, the man behind Armageddon Empires, one of my favorite games of 2007. Part One is here. Part Two is here. Harris and Davis use site views and sales […]
Entries Tagged as 'Media'
Poetical Cynicism
May 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Media
Chewing Pixels‘ Simon Parkham on Game, Set, Watch has treated us to a wonderful little poem about the downward spiral of a prospective games journalist. For a while It worked out Till he married and chose to breed: Ten pence a word a family will not feed. So he worked Ten times harder, So he […]
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Funny or Stupid? You Decide
April 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Blogs, Media
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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Discipline is not Tyranny: In Praise of the Word Count
April 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Me, Media
I recently submitted my Europa Universalis: Rome review, and I hope it will be online sometime in the next couple of days. A lot depends on my overworked and understaffed editors, but I’ll let you know when its up. I’ll be honest and say that I’m happy with maybe half of what I wrote, primarily […]
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IGN Strategy Column
April 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Media
Warplay is the new monthly strategy column from IGN’s Steve Butts. I want to use this column to call out some of the more anticipated games, speculate about what I’d like to see in the future, and generally look for cool ways to highlight the games and pre-release builds I’m currently playing. Warplay will also […]
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CGW/GFW closing up shop
April 8th, 2008 · 9 Comments · CGW, Media
A little over a year ago I said good-bye to Computer Games Magazine. I refused then to accept the lesson of the closing to be that print was dead or unviable. So, this really sucks. Computer Gaming World is the oldest established electronic gaming magazine, and despite the renaming, Games for Windows was an extension […]
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