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Entries from December 18th, 2008

Parkin’s Picks

December 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Parkin’s Picks · Blogs, Media

Simon Parkin has rounded out his list of the top games writing for 2008. I demand a recount.

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Review Symposium at Level Up

December 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Media

The first stop in Shawn Elliott’s Game Review symposium is up at N’Gai Croal’s Level Up blog. EDIT: Full transcript at Shawn Elliott’s blog.

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History of Ensemble Continued

December 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Ensemble, RTS

Part 2 is now up.

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Bill Abner’s Top Ten Boardgames of 2008

December 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Blogs, Board Games

Read it. You might come up with a nice gift idea for me.

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This Week in Bad Opening Sentences

December 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on This Week in Bad Opening Sentences · Media

From Charles Oynett’s review of Rise of the Argonauts at IGN: The fusion of elements from the role-playing and action genres isn’t a new one. It’s part of the foundation of the ancient Greek epic poetry on which Liquid Entertainment’s Rise of the Argonauts is based. Why do people write things like this? I mean, […]

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It’s Finished

December 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Firaxis, Modding

Tom Chick reports that the epic Civ IV mod Fall From Heaven 2 is now complete, basic patch work aside. I haven’t played FFH in a very long time. The last time I did so, I had some issues with the AI. It changed so many rules and involves so many upgrades that your computer […]

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