Or, if you insist on writing the full name: World War II General Commander – Operation: Watch on the Rhine When it comes to awkward titles, the only things that can compete with wargames are motivational/inspirational autobiographies or journal articles on post-structural hermeneutics. I also somehow doubt that it is the “first real time operational […]
Entries from July 31st, 2008
Supreme Ruler 2020
July 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Battlegoat, Gameshark, Review
SR2020 has problems, not the least of which is the lack of any really clear explanation of how everything fits together. And it may be because a lot of it doesn’t. The more I look at the game, the more I wonder how much of it is a Potemkin village, built to look like a […]
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Historical Thinking
July 30th, 2008 · 10 Comments · History
There’s now a demo for the PC version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI, Koei’s strategy/RPG set in the declining Han Empire. I started Luo Guanzhong’s epic novel while traveling back and forth to E3. I just finished one volume and have three more to go. I’ll admit to not quite getting the popularity […]
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Three Wargames
July 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Wargames
Last night, I finally got around to request review copies of three Matrix published games. I dabbled a bit in all of them today, so here are some first impressions, based on little more than some mucking about. Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States – The tutorials are a step above click through slideshow stuff, […]
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I Think This is the Wrong Word
July 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Industry, Media
People who know me know that I love words and language. I’m not one of those people who gets all uptight about the misuse of the word “ironic” or who loves archaisms, but I do mourn the transition of meaning for “begging the question” and I read Fowler’s English Usage for fun. When Variety uses […]
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Kharkov
July 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Industry, Wargames
SSG and Matrix Games have released Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets, the latest game in the developer’s Decisive Battles series. I haven’t played it yet, but Kharkov is an interesting battle. In spring 1942, the Red Army tries to take some initiative in response to the German offensive and ended up getting trapped in a […]
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