Yes, I was aware that efforts are being made to resuscitate Computer Games Magazine. Yes, I have spoken at length to Mr. Travaglino on a few occasions. He’s enthusiastic, curious and asking all the right questions. Yes, I am on board for now, with the caveat that the magazine business is hard, reviving dead publications […]
Entries from August 12th, 2007
Exhaustion
August 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Exhaustion · Me
I’ve just returned from an exhausting in-and-out trip out west to take a look at EA/Tilted Mill’s upcoming city builder SimCity: Societies. I bought a huge biography of Timur to read on the flight out west but ended up going through the whole thing during my four and a half hour wait on the tarmac […]
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The Eight Greatest Features
August 8th, 2007 · 12 Comments · Design
Juuso at Gameproducer.net has just posted what he thinks are the 7 greatest things you can put in a game that would appeal to him. It’s a fairly wide ranging list, but I’d collapse his number 6 (reflective water) and 7 (details), since, for me, reflective water is a little detail. It’s nice, sure and […]
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Punic Wars Scenario Update
August 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Punic Wars Scenario Update · Ancients, HPS
HPS has released a free expansion to Paul Bruffel’s very good Ancient Warfare: Punic Wars. The expansion has a lot of new historical battles to round out the war against Carthage, including Zama – a monster of a battle that has all the hallmarks of the HPS insistence that it isn’t a real battle if […]
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August Strategy Preview
August 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Preview
The summer closes with some expansion packs and a delayed release. Can the fall get here a little faster? The new titles: August 28 – Medieval II: Total War – Kingdoms (Creative Assembly/Sega) August 31 – Europa Universalis III: Napoleon’s Ambition (Paradox) Combat Mission: Shock Force was released in Europe on schedule last month, but […]
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The Future of Print
August 3rd, 2007 · 5 Comments · Media
There aren’t any good reasons to visit Gamedaily for review or previews or editorial commentary. Other reviewers fit my tastes better and I can get a top ten list from pretty much everywhere else. But they have a very good “biz” section, so I read that. And for me, the highlight is the weekly Media […]
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