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Entries from November 19th, 2009

Stardock’s Customer Report 2009

November 19th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Industry, Stardock

Brad Wardell has published the Stardock customer report and it’s got little bits of interesting information, especially if – like me – you are interested in, but not necessarily knowledgeable about, the business side of PC gaming and software development in general. For example, on Demigod: For Stardock, the more significant shock of Demigod has […]

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Field of Glory now available

November 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Ancients, Wargames

The PC adaptation of the Field of Glory miniature rule set is now available from Slitherine. . Game play that allows key decisions to decide the results of historical battles. · Detailed and accurate depiction of ancient warfare (combat mechanics, leaders, morale). · Single and 2 player head to head modes as well with an […]

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Supreme Commander 2: A Ten Minute Presentation

November 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gas Powered Games, RTS

Chris Taylor narrates a ten minute trailer of Supreme Commander 2. I love how the game looks, even though it is in pre-Alpha.

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 39 – Bob Smith and Armada 2526

November 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Matrix, Podcast, Sci Fi, Three Moves Ahead

Another guest this week as Ntronium Studios lead Bob Smith talks to Troy and Tom about the imminent release of Armada 2526. Bob is a veteran of Creative Assembly and has been making games for over a quarter century. Is there room for another 4x sci-fi game? And how do you differentiate one title from […]

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Decade Feature – 2001: Black & White

November 17th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Uncategorized

What this is about. I have this fear that something bad will one day happen to Peter Molyneux. Because if he ever suffered harm under mysterious circumstances, I worry that a police investigation will uncover things I said in 2001. I may have expressed ill-will toward him, and perhaps even made comments to the effect […]

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Decade Feature – 2000: Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

November 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Battlefront, Feature:Decade, Wargames

What this is about. When I was in grade school, I had a set of painted toy soldiers. While my friends had the anonymous green plastic bazooka guys that you could buy at that time, I had dozens of colorful Polish toy soldiers obtained on multiple family trips back to Poland, and each time we […]

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