After a month of absences, Bruce Geryk more than makes up for it in a tour de force conversation with special guest Bill Abner as they relive the fun of 1970s baseball simulation games. We open with a discussion of Blood Bowl, which Julian finds too difficult and Troy finds too easy. Then Tom, Julian […]
Entries from July 21st, 2009
Three Moves Ahead Episode 22 – Blood Bowl and Sports Sims
July 21st, 2009 · 16 Comments · Baseball, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Halo Wars Big Hit?
July 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Consoles, Ensemble
Gamasutra’s Matt Matthews is reporting that Halo Wars, Ensemble’s Swan Song title, is one of the top 5 Xbox 360 games of 2009 so far. The estimate is between 500k and 700k units sold – a good sized total, but I was under the impression that a title needed to sell over a million to […]
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You Have to Be Kidding Me
July 20th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Media
Sometimes you just want to give up on games journalism.
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Social Gaming Feature
July 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Design, Industry
My latest feature for Crispy Gamer is up. Remarkably few edits this time, which either means I’m getting the hang of this or Ryan Kuo has just given up on me. I write about social gaming – Facebook games mostly. I also talk to a rep from OMGPOP, an arcade game site that targets high […]
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Battleforge Expansion
July 19th, 2009 · Comments Off on Battleforge Expansion · Card Games, Electronic Arts, RTS
I keep meaning to go back to Battleforge and it looks like I’ll have an excuse before too long. The add-on will add 60 new cards to the game, each representing new units and buildings.
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Paying The Ferryman
July 18th, 2009 · 11 Comments · City Builder, Design
As I work through a continuous game of Dawn of Discovery, I’m finding it a little hard to get into the whole spirit of a master builder. The game is allegedly about making grand cities and trading with exotic outposts. You establish your own resource colonies (with just enough citizens to keep the budget in […]
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