What this is about. Frog City’s Imperialism games are perennial favorites on forum lists of underrated or underappreciated strategy games. The first Imperialism game was the first game that even tried to capture the imperial dynamic of economic exploitation of small powers by larger ones. It made economic policy an important consideration in foreign policy […]
Entries from April 14th, 2009
Demigod: Early Moments
April 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Gas Powered Games, RTS, Stardock
Though we dedicated an entire podcast to the game, you can be sure that there will be a lot more to say about Demigod now that the final version (minus Day Zero patch) is out there. Some observations: 1. The Pace: It’s not nearly as much a slog as the final beta was, and there […]
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Brass Knuckles Update
April 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Industry
This year’s E3 will now be a lot less dangerous. EA is rounding up all the “novelty brass knuckles” it mailed out.
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Print Screen: Narrative Ludology
April 10th, 2009 · Comments Off on Print Screen: Narrative Ludology · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
Late column this week mostly because it took me a while to really organize the three book series from Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin into anything resembling a cohesive article. I apologize to my hardworking editors who like to have things on time.
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Demigod Review Copy
April 9th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Gas Powered Games, RTS, Stardock
Though a day zero patch has been promised, my review version of Demigod has arrived. I also got the little Rook (not Minotaur) miniature. I have no idea what I will do with it. I guess it goes on the shelf with the bust I got with EU:Rome and battleship model that came with Pacific […]
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Game Preservation Feature
April 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
New feature up at Crispy Gamer, mostly focusing on my local university’s efforts to preserve games and virtual worlds. It’s pretty heavy stuff. You’ve been warned.
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