I don’t remember these being big things when I was younger. But now you can get a limited edition Medieval 2 if you pre-order, two differently aligned Neverwinter Nights 2 games with magic rings and a Collector’s Edition of Europa Universalis III with a soundtrack CD and “composer’s diary.” (Why the composer and not the […]
Entries from October 18th, 2006
Gaming’s Top 50 Journalists?
October 18th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
VGMWatch‘s Kyle Orland has compiled a list of gaming’s top 50 journalists for Next Gen. And, naturally, there is stuff wrong with the list. Any list that reaches 50 will inevitably lead to hair-splitting and other disagreements. So here are a few of mine. 1) The Penny Arcade guys get a single entry, but Adam […]
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Bad news from Mad Minute Games
October 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I’m a big fan of the Take Command games, and the developers at Mad Minute should be very happy with what their tiny operation has accomplished. So the news that sales have been poor and there are significant barriers to staying in business as a going concern is very disappointing. In a post on the […]
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Gamer’s Bookshelf: Gulliver’s Travels
October 16th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gamer’s Bookshelf: Gulliver’s Travels · Gamer's Bookshelf
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is one of those classics of English literature that has become so familiar that a lot of people recognize with the content without ever cracking it open. An English doctor gets shipwrecked over and over again in strange worlds, allowing Swift to make a series of satirical comments on his own […]
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CGW Archive Online
October 15th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Now that Computer Gaming World is officially Games for Windows, it’s probably a great time for the Ziff Davis people to upload the covers of every single CGW printed. They’ve also made available the complete text of the first 100 magazines, stretching from 1981 to November 1992 – an amazing resource for people as interested […]
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November CGM
October 13th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
This month’s Computer Games Magazine is mostly Troy-free. I can’t think of a better reason to go out and buy it right now. My Alt.Games column has brief blurbs on Flower Quest, DevastationZone Troopers and another favorite for indie game of the year, Armadillo Run. It is one of the great puzzle games of recent […]
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