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Entries from September 19th, 2007

” This is the best PC game of the year, so far.”

September 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on ” This is the best PC game of the year, so far.” · Review, RTS

Bioshock? No, World in Conflict. Or at least that’s what Jason Ocampo is telling me in the second screen caption. There’s no well-developed skirmish mode in the game (the bots are beyond hopeless) so it’s very unlikely a hermit like myself will rate it that highly.

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The Glowing Circles of Destiny

September 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · RTS

Warfare is, ultimately, about area control. You need to seize and hold specific regions and kill anything that prevents you from keeping them. Tactics will decide how you go about taking control and exercising your material influence in a given zone. So why do RTS games insist on glowing circle of destiny? Whether it’s moving […]

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Thoughts on a Ballpark

September 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Design

Saturday night, I went to the Braves-Nationals game, probably my final game at RFK. Next year, a new stadium opens on the waterfront, paid for by the tax dollars of the citizens of Washington DC, because I guess they have money to throw around in the hope that it will lead to business development. I […]

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On the Origins of Species

September 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Design, Wargames

Via Scott Krol, Gamespy has an article from John Keefer about the wargames of the past and their connection to the cons we know and love. I was reading the article (and Krol’s fact checking) as I took a break from writing my review of Armageddon Empires. Then it hit me why wargaming and serious […]

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Don’t Do This

September 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment · RTS

The back of the World in Conflict manual has a list of hotkeys. The cover is a mottled brown. The middle column is printed in dark blue. And the entire thing is in five point font. Plus that have every control group creation shortcut printed. Create Control Group 1: Ctrl + 1 Create Control Group […]

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Another World

September 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments · History

At moment, I’m sitting through the very long install of World in Conflict, the Cold War Gone Hot RTS from Massive Entertainment and Sierra. The box cover shows a GI dragging two little girls to safety as a helicopter fires rockets at the Statue of Liberty. As far as settings go, this setting is pretty […]

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