Another great year for strategy gaming comes to a close and we can look forward to…well, it’s not quite clear. Where 2005 had some huge sequels (Civ IV, AoE 3, EE 2) that we could rest our hopes on, 2006 has few marquee games on the horizon – certainly none with the oomph that Firaxis […]

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In my never-ending struggle to bring you news you already know, only spun through my own private prism, Gamespy has announced its PC Games of the Year, as well as the usual genre awards. I have fewer issues with Gamespy’s choices than I did IGN’s. This is not unusual, since I have fewer issues with […]

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IGN has announced its games of the year, and the PC choices aren’t full of surprises. Most reasonable people can agree on what a good game is. Plus, their ultimate choice of Civilization IV as their Game of the Year is in sync with mine. But a few little things bother me. How the hell […]

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I’m not going to claim to be the best speller or writer out there. Typos and me go way back. But is it too much to ask for games to have their words spelled correctly? Case in point, Legion Arena. The battles in the game are separated by a voice-over history of Rome with a […]

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Gamespot has announced its Game of the Year nomination list. I don’t know why they break it down into so many different catergories – I count 53. Sure, ten of the categories are “joke” categories like the one for excessive cursing or product placement. But clicking through all those pages is the best argument yet […]

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OK. It’s not the end of the year. But it’s close enough. And I doubt I’ll get much blogging done in the days before January hits. It’s been a good year for strategy games. The best indie game of the year is a strategy game. The best game of the year is a strategy game. […]

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