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Entries from July 14th, 2010

What I’ve Written for Game, Set, Watch

July 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Gods at Play Column 1: Virtual Viceroys Gods at Play Column 2: Zoom Levels

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What I’ve Written for Gamespy

July 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on What I’ve Written for Gamespy · Gamespy

Features Other People’s Stories Coming Attractions

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 73: What Made You?

July 14th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

  This week, Troy and Rob are joined by Jenn Cutter in a trip down memory lane. The topic: How did you end up the gamer you’ve become? When did Rob and Troy learn they were strategy gamers? How do games fit into the rest of your life? How do you deal with being the […]

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Miscellany

July 10th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Me

* It’s been one of those weeks where everything comes together at the same time. I had to write three articles in ten days, totally around 2500 words. All strategy game related, all coming to a game place near you. So the blogging has been even lighter than usual. But a couple of these opportunities […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 72: Technological Innovation and Strategy Games

July 7th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

  This week, hardware expert and long time strategy gamer Loyd Case joins Troy, Julian and Rob in a chat about how various advances and changes in the technological environment have changed how see and approach strategy games. Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.

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Pacing a Strategy Narrative

July 4th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Akella, Design

“Pacing” is one of those words that critics use as sort of a catch-all to explain why a game doesn’t flow as well as it should. It can refer to stories or plots that climax too soon or too late, to mechanics that get in the way of whatever progress you are making in learning […]

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