The Gamer’s Quarter has recently made its second issue available. It’s a free download and a long PDF – over 100 pages – full of nice pictures, mediocre cartoons and lots of text. This is a New Games Journalism magazine. Which apparently amounts to talking about games that no one plays any more. I kid, […]
Entries from June 17th, 2005
Strategy still strong
June 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Strategy still strong · Uncategorized
Here’s the 20 best selling games for the week ending June 4. 1) Guild Wars – NCsoft 2) World Of Warcraft – Vivendi Universal 3) Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience – LucasArts 4) The Sims 2 – Electronic Arts 5) The Sims 2 University Expansion Pack – Electronic Arts 6) Half-Life 2 – Vivendi […]
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Age of Empires III trailer up
June 15th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Ensemble, Preview
You can find the new trailer for Age of Empires III at Gamespot. In a way, game trailers are silly idea. They usually show little gameplay and tell you nothing you don’t already know. Unlike movie trailers, there is zero chance that they will spoil a game for you or reveal plot points that are […]
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Imperium: Rise of Rome
June 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on Imperium: Rise of Rome · Uncategorized
In keeping with my obsession for ancient history (sorry, WW2 buffs – Panzers just don’t do a lot for me), I want to introduce my readers to a small European project that has me really excited. Imperium: Rise of Rome is a tiny operation. And it has been in development for a couple of years […]
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Great Invasions on its way
June 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Great Invasions on its way · Uncategorized
Now that their website is up, the makers of Great Invasions have announced 15 July as the date that their game hits “your favorite store”. They have announced Digital Jesters as the UK publisher. No word on when or if it will make its way over to America. If you haven’t heard of this game, […]
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Governors, viceroys and underlings
June 13th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
As I work my way through Supreme Ruler 2010, I am astonished both by its ambition and its solutions to overreach. Though you will have to wait until the review is published to get my full opinions on it, I can confidently say that it does a much better job than Superpower 2, the only […]
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