I don’t usually read Kotaku anymore, just scan the headlines that Evotab puts out. And most of the time, I don’t bother clicking. So I missed Leigh Alexander’s June 23rd essay about how saying that something is “just a game” as a response to social or political criticism is a cop out that does more […]
Entries from July 6th, 2008
Birth of America II
July 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Birth of America II · AGEOD
I like surprises, and the July 4th release of Birth of America II counts as a surprise. I have no idea it was even in development. The feature list isn’t quite accurate. AGEod’s Ludovic Grousset tells me that the first war in the game is the Pequot War (1636).
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E3 Ten Years Ago
July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · CGM, E3, Industry
I was talking to a colleague yesterday about going to E3. He isn’t, and he hasn’t been in a long time. Like me, he’s primarily a PC gamer, so he feels a little bit out of the loop with the new console heavy E3 schedule. So, just for kicks, I dug out the Computer Games […]
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Didn’t We Try This?
July 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Electronic Arts
Let’s turn The Sims into an online game! What could possibly go wrong! (Spotted at Broken Toys.)
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Spore Creature Creator Verdict
July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Electronic Arts
I love this thing. It’s a neat little toy, and it’s hard for me to put into words just how critical this game could be for the future of gaming as a mainstream pastime. So I’ll let four people smarter than me sound off. Soundbites from the Rock, Paper, Shotgun summary: John: It’s that cruel […]
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Countdown to What?
July 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Tilted Mill
Tilted Mill now has a countdown meter on their website. It is now at nine days, and has a picture of what I think is a dryad. Let the speculation commence.
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