Everyone likes prizes. Even the silly ones like “Best Mainstream Magazine Games Writer, Sponsored by Ubisoft”. Yes, the British Games Media Awards are still sponsored by the people that the media covers. Congrats to Tom Francis of PC Gamer UK who picked up Best Specialist Writer – Print Division, i.e., “best writer who works for […]
Entries from October 20th, 2008
Ironclads: American Civil War Demo Comments
October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Indie Games, Wargames
A demo is now available for Totem Games’ 19th century naval wargame. You can play either side of the war in a multiple ship battle. My early impressions are not good, mostly because it doesn’t feel like naval combat. It’s turn based, which is fine, but you only face enemy fire on the enemy’s turn, […]
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The biggest strategy map ever?
October 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Design, Paradox, Preview
Paradox is promising that their upcoming WW2 strategy sequel, Hearts of Iron 3, will have 10,000 provinces. As a point of contrast, Hearts of Iron 2 had a little over 2600. So, almost a fourfold increase in territories. If my hometown Miramichi doesn’t get a separate territory, I will be a little sad. Why so […]
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Outside the Comfort Zone
October 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Me
I just returned from a quick trip to THQ headquarters in Southern California where I had a chance to see their new WWE pro wrestling game in action. Yeah, I know. But I was available, my editor needed someone there, so off I went at the expense of the publishers of Company of Heroes and […]
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Starcraft II: A Trilogy
October 12th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Blizzard, Industry, RTS
I’ll be heading out on a short road trip to LA tomorrow morning, but I thought I should comment on the big RTS news of the week. Blizzard is doing three long form campaigns for the upcoming Starcraft II, and each one will be packaged separately. So, if you want to play all three campaigns, […]
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Colonization Review
October 9th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Firaxis, Gameshark, Review
My review of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is now up at Gameshark. There are some widely reported issues with the game, especially in how it handles Liberty Bells and education. The education one really doesn’t bother me that much since you don’t really need to educate that many people and most of the resource […]
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