Ken Levine from Irrational Games drops by the show to talk about what made Freedom Force so special. Is it an RPG or a strategy game? We discuss the virtues of pausable real time play, the fine line between homage and parody and learn about what games Ken plays when he is not writing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Retro'
Three Moves Ahead Episode 74: Classic Game Analysis – Freedom Force w/ Ken Levine
July 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Design, Interview, Podcast, Retro, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 66: The SimTex Legacy
May 24th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Podcast, Retro, Three Moves Ahead
Good Old Games has made the classic SimTex games Master of Orion, Master of Orion 2 and Master of Magic available for low, low prices. So Troy, Tom, Bruce and Rob spend an hour talking about what made SimTex special. What do we mean by personality in strategy games? Does the UI hold up? [...]
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More Classic Strategy Gaming: Emperor of the Fading Suns
April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Podcast, Retro
It had a great score, a great title and a great design. So it was just a matter of time before one of Tom Chick’s forum friends got around to chatting with him about Emperor of the Fading Suns on his Quarter to Three games podcast.
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 61: Classic Game Analysis – Imperialism
April 20th, 2010 · 27 Comments · Design, Podcast, Retro, Three Moves Ahead
Troy, Tom and Bruce look at the classic Frog City/SSI games Imperialism and Imperialism 2. What makes this series one of the greatest grand strategy experiences of all time? Can a game this difficult and time intensive be made again? Bruce has a theory, Tom keeps calling Colonization the wrong name, and Troy is [...]
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Decade Feature – 2000: Sacrifice
October 31st, 2009 · 9 Comments · Feature:Decade, Retro
What this is about. The just shall live by faith and kill by hellmouths. Sacrifice is the very definition of a cult hit. Like so many other strategy games that have come and gone through the years, it attracted a small and devoted following but never really got the traction that the Starcrafts and Warcrafts [...]
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Is Nostalgia Worth Ten Bucks to You?
July 10th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Industry, Retro
Good Old Games is a new game download system that will focus on delivering the games from yesteryear to your hard drive, all for between five and ten bucks. I suppose it’s not a bad idea, but we already have Gametap, right? Competition is good, of course, but a lot will depend on the ease [...]
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