What this is about. The just shall live by faith and kill by hellmouths. Sacrifice is the very definition of a cult hit. Like so many other strategy games that have come and gone through the years, it attracted a small and devoted following but never really got the traction that the Starcrafts and Warcrafts […]
Entries from October 31st, 2009
Decade Feature – 2000: Shogun Total War
October 30th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Creative Assembly, Feature:Decade
What this is about Know the enemy, and know yourself It seems fitting that 2000 should have seen the release of Shogun: Total War, the inaugural entry in one of the decade’s defining strategy series. Combining turn based empire-building with spectacular tactical battles, Shogun was the game I had always wanted. Strategy and tactics were […]
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Feature Series Authors
October 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Feature:Decade
The decade feature series is almost ready to go, but an introduction is in order. You all know me, and you all know one of my collaborators. Bruce Geryk has been a friend of FoS since and an occasional contributor when we did those board game duels. He’s also, of course, a regular panelist on […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 36 – Time to Catch Up
October 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
We try to make up some ground this week with a little chat about Panzer General: Allied Assault (via Julian), Eufloria (via Tom) and, our main topic, Tropico 3 (via me). When is a remake enough? Am I trust too critical of a game that I actually like parts of? Can you cautiously recommend a […]
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Tom Chick Cheats on Three Moves Ahead With More Popular Rival
October 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Podcast
It’s not enough for Tom to start his own movie themed podcast. He also has to appear on the much more popular Joystiq podcast. Actually, it’s not too bad.
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Feature Series: The Decade Wrap Up
October 22nd, 2009 · 14 Comments · Feature:Decade, Industry
We are now in the final year of the first decade of the 2000s. Well, not really. Since there was no year zero, decades begin on a 1 not a 0. But people don’t think like that. It’s the 1920s or 1760s or 1590s, right? So we are now in the final years of the […]
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