It was a bit of a push, but I did get a Print Screen column up in September. It’s always nice when the author comments on your column and is polite, even if I didn’t really love the book all that much. Three cheers for civility on the internet. In their link to the article, […]
Entries from October 9th, 2008
Sims 3 Videos
October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Electronic Arts, Maxis, Preview
The announcement of Rod Humble’s promotion to Boss Of EA’s Sims division pushed me to take a look at the Sims 3 site. The first video emphasizes the open world nature of the game before moving on to shots of employees being turned into motion captured Sims, a discussion of the personality matrix and underlining […]
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Vae Victis Developer Diary
October 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Ancients, Paradox, Preview
Paradox has published their first developer diary for the upcoming expansion for Europa Universalis: Rome. Time for a little fisking. One of the most glaring omissions in EU: Rome was the lack of the Senate – after all, the game covers the golden age of the Roman Republic. Vae Victis will feature the Senate with […]
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Hinterland Review
October 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Hinterland Review · City Builder, Crispy Gamer, Review, RPGs, Tilted Mill
I had to get my theory of Manifest Destiny and Hinterland to a larger audience. I like the game a lot, but there are some undeniably annoying interface and information issues that need to be cleaned up in a patch before I can recommend it whole heartedly. A little more variety in portraits would be […]
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Well That’s New
October 6th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Civil War, Tilted Mill
The American Civil War has been done. But people keep doing it. Not like this, though.
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Improving Wargames
October 4th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Design, Media, Wargames
IGN’s Steve Butts is one of the last wargamers at a major game media site. (Before his departure from 1up, Jeff Green and I were in negotiations over how I could contribute there since Grognard God Geryk is too busy for that sort of thing. That may be a dead letter at this point.) In […]
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