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Entries from August 22nd, 2009
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Lies
August 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Industry
Tom Ohle has written a nice explanation of the “bullshot” process – the hows and whys about screenshots that do not accurately reflect what a game will actually look like. Ultimately, he says, it’s all of our fault. If I see a screenshot, I expect it to look cool, or else I’ll probably lose interest […]
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New Game Announcements from CA and P’Dox
August 19th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Creative Assembly, Paradox
In what is probably the least surprising news of the month, Creative Assembly has announced what I think is an expansion for Empire: Total War, using Napoleon as the theme. The turn-based campaign is split into three different story-driven campaigns, telling the story of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte through his most famous […]
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Idle Thumbs on Starcraft II
August 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Podcast, RTS
Given the previews and commentary circulating now – a full six months before the game is out – it’s worth noting that the Idle Thumbs podcast spends a lot of the August 17 episode talking about Starcraft II. (I don’t listen to many podcasts, but Idle Thumbs is on my subscription list.)
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 26 – We Built This City
August 18th, 2009 · 8 Comments · City Builder, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy, Tom and Bruce spend an hour talking about city builders as ant farm games. Why didn’t they talk about Dawn of Discovery two weeks ago? What’s up with Cities XL? Is SimCity Societies a neglected classic or a misfire of epic proportions? And, most importantly, does Bruce know any games made after 1984? Listen […]
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Starcraft Single Player Campaign Preview
August 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blizzard, Preview, RTS
I think that if you are using the word “fuck” four times in a preview that you really need to find another way of expressing yourself. And writing that something “screams Blizzard” isn’t very helpful considering they haven’t done an RTS in half a decade and I don’t see anything in the screenshots that scream […]
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