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Entries from January 13th, 2009

Writers’ Guild Hasn’t Played Red Alert 3

January 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Awards

Because if they had, they wouldn’t have nominated it for a writing award. Nice to see Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! there, mostly because I really love that name.

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Another Fall From Heaven Interview

January 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Modding

Since the strategy world is pretty barren at the moment, I guess I should think about writing another feature series or something. Maybe work up another board game AAR. In the meantime, here’s another interview with Derek Paxton, the design lead on Fall From Heaven II. On the AI: The AI knows, “I can summon […]

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Content One Degree Removed: Fall From Heaven Interview

January 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Firaxis, Interview, Modding

I really feel like crap today, so I’ll take the easy blogging way out and link to Soren Johnson’s three part (I & II & III)interview with Derek Paxton, the lead modder on the total Civ IV conversion Fall From Heaven II. Paxton goes into what it takes to make a mod of this size. […]

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IGF Finalists

January 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on IGF Finalists · Indie Games

They finalists for the IGF 2009 prizes have been announced. Now I just need to score a GDC invitation so I can see the ceremony and talk to the developers.

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Dare to Disagree

January 7th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Media

Scott Jones did not enjoy Fallout 3. But his story isn’t a counter review. It’s an explanation of why it can be so hard to love a game that everybody else enjoys. Let’s be frank; the game makes a terrible first impression. The opening hour is simply one of the dullest videogame openings in our […]

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1up is dead

January 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Media

Yesterday afternoon, it was confirmed that Hearst Corporation would buy the Ziff Davis game properties, except for the magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. EGM was then terminated. ZD’s CEO wrote in a press release that many 1up personalities would make there way to UGO, Hearst’s low rent male centered, short articled, IGN-lite media hub. They then […]

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