I was wavering on getting The Movies. Despite the generally respectful reviews it has been getting, all the discussion of the tedious tycoon part of the game gave me the impression that this is a game best left for the bargain bin. Many of the movies uploaded to the Lionhead site at this point are […]
Entries from December 9th, 2005
Some opinions matter more than others
December 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Some opinions matter more than others · Media
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“So what game should I get?”
December 8th, 2005 · Comments Off on “So what game should I get?” · Uncategorized
The thing about teaching high school is that you get a lot of questions. The thing about teaching high school when your students know that you play games is that you get a lot of questions about playing games. This afternoon, one student asked me for gift suggestions for his brother. Trying to be a […]
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January CGM and failed Diplomacy
December 7th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
This month’s Computer Games Magazine announces “37 PAGES OF REVIEWS.” That’s twenty games, in case you were wondering. Some big reviews in there too. Quake IV. Age of Empires III. Civilization IV. The Movies. And a few of mine. I review Down in Flames, Diplomacy and Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion. There’s so much in […]
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Sid Meier on Walk of Game
December 6th, 2005 · Comments Off on Sid Meier on Walk of Game · Uncategorized
Firaxis gaming czar Sid Meier has been awarded a star on the “Walk of Game”. He’ll join fellow inductee John Carmack in getting a developer star alongside last year’s winners Nolan Bushnell and Shigeru Miyamoto. First, let me be clear that I think that a star decorated sidewalk that celebrates StarCraft, Lara Croft and Link […]
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More on artsy-fartsy reviews
December 5th, 2005 · Comments Off on More on artsy-fartsy reviews · Uncategorized
As the breast beating over why gaming reviews aren’t quite masterpieces continues, Bruce Geryk weighs in with a piece that hits some of the same notes that my recent post did, especially the general puzzlement that gaming journalists spend so much time on this stuff.
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Carnival of Gamers still going
December 2nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Carnival of Gamers still going · Uncategorized
I’ve been so busy the last few months that the Carnival of Gamers and the Gaming Roundtable have come and gone without comment. This is hardly fair since both represent serious attempts to keep the gaming blog community together, encouraging sharing of material, insights and the usual linking to each others stuff. Plus, they allow […]
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