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Entries from September 4th, 2006

Getting Left Behind by RTS Tutorials

September 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

I finally spent some time with Rapture-iffic Left Behind: Eternal Forces. Not quite knowing what to expect, I jumped to the tutorial to make sure that I wouldn’t miss out on knowing how to cast plagues on my opponents. (It doesn’t look like there will be many plagues.) The tutorial served as a painful reminder […]

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September Strategy Preview

September 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on September Strategy Preview · Uncategorized

September 2006 is the month of CDV. The German publisher has four games on the way this month, and a couple of them might be good. The monthly release calendar (pruned from Gamespot’s release list) follows, with the publisher and developer following the game title. Septemer 8 – Silent Heroes (Paradox/Dark Fox), Perimeter: Emperor’s Testament […]

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Guys on a map

September 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Guys on a map · Uncategorized

I was dabbling with a preview version of Europa Universalis III when my wife came in to comment on how pretty it looked. (I think she was humoring me, but I was zoomed in pretty tight.) Then she started going on about the improvements made to Civilization. When I told her that the game I […]

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Apocalypse Now

September 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

A demo is available for the End Times RTS Left Behind: Eternal Forces. Once I get the office organized and my upgrades installed, I’ll be giving it a whirl. I’m not the only person looking forward to this game. And, like many of them, I am probably looking forward to it in a most uncharitable […]

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