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Entries from August 19th, 2007

Not Quite Evil

August 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments · PTD Magazine, Review

I’m reviewing Overlord for PTD Magazine, and I’m struck by how thoroughly un-evil my Overlord is. Sure, my vizier keeps telling me that I’m a dark lord and I can set sheep on fire. Even torch homes. But if evil can only exist when it is juxtaposed to good, my guy has no worries. I […]

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Warhammer Expansion

August 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Warhammer Expansion · RTS

Namco Bandai has announced an expansion for the pretty good Warhammer: Mark of Chaos. Warhammer: Battle March will have all the usual expansion stuff, but, in an interesting move, it will be released for the 360 as well, including all the Mark of Chaos content.

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The 100 Point System Exposed

August 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Media

With the caveat that I haven’t played Bioshock yet, and that when I do it will be the PC version, is there anything more ridiculous than giving a game 99 out of 100? I am more willing to believe that a game is perfect than that it falls short of Elysium by one tiny point. […]

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Call for Contacts

August 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Me

I’m doing research for an article and could use a little help from my seven or eight readers. If you know someone who: a) Plays The Sims and buys every expansion, and b) Doesn’t spend a lot of time in the online Sims community, or c) Has bought the core Sims game in the recent […]

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Eight Things Not to Do

August 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Design

Soren Johnson of EA/Maxis (that still doesn’t feel right…) is working on his own top eight list – Eight Things Not to Do in game design. He’s only got the first four up so far, but I’ll certainly have comments when the list is complete. I think I see some common themes running through his […]

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Command and Conquer 3 Expansion

August 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Command and Conquer 3 Expansion · Electronic Arts, RTS

So it’s official. Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars will be getting an expansion called Kane’s Wrath. The story based campaign will be the biography of our favorite bald lunatic. Taking a page from other RTSes, there will also be a “global domination” game. Oh, and can someone send a fact checker to Gamedaily? While […]

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