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Three Moves Ahead Episode 195: Classic Game Analysis — Age of Mythology

November 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 195: Classic Game Analysis — Age of Mythology · Podcast, RTS, Three Moves Ahead

Sometimes you find a topic you are, if not born for, but that if brought to you, you realize you need no serious research for because Age of Mythology is the kind of game that we could have talked about for hours. It’s one of my favorite games ever, and, I think, an object lesson […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 194: Checking in with Arcen

November 13th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 194: Checking in with Arcen · Indie Games, Podcast, Sci Fi, Three Moves Ahead

Yay, another week without posting anything meaningful!!! Except for this podcast with Chris Park of Arcen Games, last seen way back in episode 37. One of the great things about targeted podcasting is that you have the chance to look back and check in on games that have gone through many changes and updates, and […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 193: A Million Little Plastic Pieces

November 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 193: A Million Little Plastic Pieces · Board Games, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

I’ll admit that I am disappointed that I was not invited on this show because I love talking about components. But this week, Rob Daviau returns to talk to Rob and Julian about that special feeling that good game components can give you. You can talk about the episode on the official forum and download […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 192: Fallen Enchantress

October 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on Three Moves Ahead Episode 192: Fallen Enchantress · Podcast, Stardock, Three Moves Ahead

This week, original panelist Tom Chick returns to wax poetical about Fallen Enchantress, Stardock’s follow up to Elemental: War of Magic. He finds a welcome audience in Fallen Enchantress lead designer, Derek Paxton. What do Rob, Troy and Bruce have to add? Listen to a discussion of design docs, original vision, AI debates and discussion […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 191: Return to Summoner’s Rift

October 22nd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

In case you missed it over the last year, Rob Zacny has gone whole hog into covering e-sports and professional gaming. So he takes this opportunity to welcome back Rhea Monique and new guest Julian Williams to talk to he and Julian about League of Legends, how it compares to Starcraft 2 as a sport […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 190: The XCom Review Show

October 15th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Design, Firaxis, Podcast, Sci Fi, Three Moves Ahead

Just in case you aren’t quite tired of XCom chatter yet… We were lucky to have two of our semi-regular panelists (Dave Heron and Jon Shafer) join us on the show, though really we could have probably picked any of our friends at random and had a good chat. Spoilers: We all like the game […]

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