This week, the sound is terrible again mostly because my wireless refuses to cooperate. Big promise to fix this next week – I thought I had the problem solved. But if you bear with us, you will hear Troy and Rob answer some questions from listeners about logistics, making losing fun, why games are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Three Moves Ahead'
Three Moves Ahead Episode 80: Question Time
September 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 79: Victoria 2
August 25th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Paradox, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Rob Zacny’s sound goes in and out, but when it works you can hear him, Troy and Julian talk about the latest grand strategy game from Paradox. Why does it make Julian angry? Do you have to force the politics to make them interesting? What does the game get right and wrong about the [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 78: Forgettable Games, Memorable Ideas
August 19th, 2010 · 29 Comments · Design, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy and Rob dig through their histories to recall bad games that had tiny moments of genius. What happens when a game gets one thing right? Can forgotten games still have a legacy beyond their failures? Can a good idea overshadow a bad game’s legacy? Also reminders of the Question show coming up in [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 77: Starcraft 2 with Chris Remo
August 10th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Blizzard, Design, Podcast, RTS, Three Moves Ahead
Troy – suffering from a splitting headache – is joined by Rob Zacny, Tom Chick (hooray) and Idle Thumbs/Gamasutra star Chris Remo before he heads off to join Irrational Games. The topic: Starcraft 2. Why does such a competitive, sports structured game like SC2 have such wide appeal? Is the single player campaign really [...]
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More Stats: This Time the Podcast
August 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Three Moves Ahead
Another throwaway stats post. To date, Three Moves Ahead has been listened to over 147,000 times across 76 episodes. The peak month was June’s 15,775 downloads after some very nice recommendations from people with more fans than we do. There are about 1000 iTunes subscribers – but only 69 reviews or ratings. So step up [...]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 76: Modding Strategy Games
August 3rd, 2010 · 10 Comments · Modding, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy, Julian and Rob are joined by Maxis Games’ Soren Johnson and Fall From Heaven 2 lead Derek Paxton in a chat about modding. How do you assemble a mod team? What are the trade offs for developers and publishers in supporting mods? Scope and ambition and talent poaching and creativity. Also news on [...]
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