I have returned from my hiatus, which was, in fact, four days in Columbus, Ohio for the Origins Convention. I was, with a handful of other strategy and war game journalists, a guest of Matrix Games, so I have every opportunity to talk to designers whose work I admired and designers whose work needs more […]
Entries from July 9th, 2007
Hiatus
July 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Hiatus · Me
Just a note that with the holiday coming up and some work on my schedule, there won’t be much time for blogging until early next week. So go read someone else for a few days. In the meantime, I have disabled comments, more to prevent me from logging in and checking things than anything else. […]
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Shall we go again, your Majesty?
July 3rd, 2007 · 14 Comments · Paradox, RTS
I just got an email from Paradox PR stating that they have acquired the IP rights to Majesty, the creative but underperforming 1998 RTS from Cyberlore. In Majesty, you controlled your kingdom indirectly, giving incentives for many units to take actions but not necessarily giving orders. Apparently, Paradox has an interest in reviving this franchise, […]
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Too Pretty For Its Own Good?
July 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Battlefront
My review copy of Combat Mission: Shock Force arrived yesterday, and, of course, I had to install it immediately. Naturally, it arrived without a paper manual, but I have a nice big PDF to print out once the rage subsides. Thanks Paradox! It’s really a pretty game, even though there’s a lot of desert terrain. […]
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July Strategy Preview
July 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on July Strategy Preview · Preview
Only three titles, but two of them are high on my must have list. July 5 – Seven Kingdoms: Conquest (Enlight) July 23 – Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Firaxis/2k) July 27 – Combat Mission: Shock Force (Battlefront) Despite my great love of Civilization, I think I’m looking forward to Combat Mission most. We haven’t […]
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Bi-annual Search Engine Round-up
July 1st, 2007 · 10 Comments · Blogs
When a blogger has little to say, but feels compelled to post, he/she will occasionally fall back on the search engine survey to find out how people get their corner of the internet. This summary will include the usual list of perversions, mistakes and stupidities that typify that portion of humanity that uses the search […]
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