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Entries from April 2nd, 2009

In the spring

April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baseball

It’s that time of year. And in a long IM conversation with Bill Abner about war games and sports, I caved to a base impulse and pre-ordered. Less than a week until the Nats lose the first of 93 games.

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GDC is not about announcements

April 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · GDC, Media

I wish I had written this. It’s not just GDC that is so afflicted, either. Just as media outlets are astonished and angered each year by the lack of non-development announcements at a development conference, they also build the same pointless expectation over shows like Game Convention (realistically, too close to Christmas for any major […]

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Battleforge Review

April 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Battleforge Review · Crispy Gamer, Electronic Arts, RTS

Battleforge been getting very good scores from a lot of very smart people, but I’m not that excited about it. Part of the problem is that once you’ve seen a big throwdown between units, it’s not really clear where the strategy is beyond saving up for more big units. The upgrade rewards are nice, and […]

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April 1 Is a Bad Day

April 1st, 2009 · 19 Comments · Uncategorized

Notice how the Sports Illustrated page has real news on it and isn’t trying to be wacky? Why does the games media take this day to heart so much? You get wacky lists, fake press releases, ludicrous patch notes on every single site. None of this takes any real effort and only reinforces in my […]

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