Wargamer reports that John Tiller’s Campaign Atlanta is now available. One of the features is “The largest map yet featured in the ACW series. Over 100 miles in continuous length, that’s over 1,300 hexes north to south. More than 500,000 hexes in total!” For those of you who thought my opinions didn’t matter…well, apparently you’re […]
Entries from April 10th, 2007
If you have to keep saying it…
April 8th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Media
It’s been a long time since anyone really cared about Adrenaline Vault, once one of the most popular game review websites. They were famous for never using one word where seven would do, leading to 5000 word reviews of truck racing games or something equally silly. It’s been in turmoil and on hiatus for months. […]
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Brad Wardell Leaks All Over the Place
April 7th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Stardock
Hey, it’s his company, so the Stardock head honcho can do whatever he wants. But he has dropped some tasty game design nuggets about his upcoming fantasy strategy game over at Quarter to Three. Quick summary? Heavy emphasis on player development, simultaneous movement, big on magic and dragons will kill a lot of stuff. Naturally, […]
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Close Combat: Cross of Iron – Opening Thoughts
April 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Close Combat: Cross of Iron – Opening Thoughts · WW2
I’ve been dabbling with Close Combat: Cross of Iron a little in the last few weeks. Not enough to do a complete review yet, but enough to raise some questions about the release of an updated version of a ten year old game. While reading Bill Trotter’s eight page review at Wargamer, three things hit […]
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Escapist is Full of It
April 5th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Escapist
Full of the Spirit, that is. Religion in gaming is a pet topic of mine, so I thought I’d link to this month’s Escapist. I’ll point to two articles in particular for your reading pleasure. I love Nethack clones and loved to hate Ragnarok. So i enjoyed Christian McCrea’s article on that cursed game. The […]
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Company of Heroes stays in the West
April 5th, 2007 · 7 Comments · CGW, WW2
It looks like the Company of Heroes add on will be a stand alone title that focuses on the British in France and the Low Countries. Caen and Market Garden. Give Jon Shafer a cookie. Fuller details are in this month’s Games for Windows magazine, though there is a teaser from Matt Leone at 1up.
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