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Entries from December 31st, 2007

What I’ve Written For Games For Windows/1up PC

December 31st, 2007 · Comments Off on What I’ve Written For Games For Windows/1up PC · CGW

Features Feeding the Juggernaut (November 2007) Previews Theatre of War 2 Reviews Empire: Total War Contributions Tom versus Troy: Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (October 2007) Empires in Arms (part of feature on delayed games) (February 2008)

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Moments in Games Journalism

December 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments · Media

From Jack DeVries’s IGN review of Panzer Tactics: The German’s Axis Campaign is the easy mode, the Soviet Campaign is moderate, and the Western Allied Campaign is difficult. It’s an interesting choice to make the easy mode, and the tutorial, star the Nazis. What’s also interesting is that the developer did not opt for a […]

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2007 End of Year Strategy Wrap-Up

December 29th, 2007 · 16 Comments · Awards

2007 may be one of the greatest years ever for the gaming industry in general, and specifically for shooters and traditional RPGs, but the strategy gaming world seemed a little less surprising or interesting for some reason. Release calendars were dominated by expansion packs, very good games were immediately forgotten and everyone seems to be, […]

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Total War: Kingdoms Review

December 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments · Creative Assembly, Gameshark, Medieval, Review

My review of Medieval II: Total War – Kingdoms is up at Gameshark. I loved this expansion. As good as Medieval II is, the Kingdoms pack adds more than enough variety, flavor and cleverness to keep you hooked for a while. There is some really nice stuff going on here, and adding the SDK means […]

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All I Want For Xmas

December 18th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Me

This time of the year is crazy. We all know about the shopping, the cooking, the travel (for some). I’ve also had some deadlines to meet and games to catch up on for my seasonal wrap-up. So I (once again) apologize for my silence. My gift list is usually pretty short since I’m not an […]

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Ballerium

December 14th, 2007 · 5 Comments · MMO, RTS

Ballerium is a free-to-play MMO RTS from Majorem and Sleepy Giant. I will definitely be giving it a spin sometime in the new year. Not that I expect much. The video on this page does not inspire a lot of confidence. Be awed by the path-finding through the forest. Count the number of times the […]

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