GameShark’s Bill Abner joins Troy and Rob to discuss Shogun 2, mortality rates among Japanese generals, and Bill’s enchanted copy of Shogun 2, in which everything awesome that can happen, does. Rob’s Gamepro series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Bill’s GameShark review Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.
Entries from March 31st, 2011
Three Moves Ahead Episode 110 – Three Daimyo and a Baby Mori Clan
March 31st, 2011 · 13 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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What I’m Reading
March 30th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Me, Media
One of the great things about working from home is that I can keep tabs on the people and sites I like almost at will while I cull things from databases and try to find outlets friendly to the types of things Evolve represents. Though my blog roll and contributors’ listings are good solid bets […]
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There’s Something About a War
March 26th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Design, Me
More than any other franchise, the Total War games bring out the butcher in me. I would love to say that surrounding and annihilating an army of peasants to the last man is a purely strategic decision in Shogun 2, but mostly I eradicate and eliminate enemy forces just to see if I can – […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 109 – The Contractual Obligation Album
March 25th, 2011 · 20 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
After the panel completely falls apart on the eve of recording a Dawn of War 2: Retribution episode, Troy and Rob soldier on by themselves. Troy hasn’t played Retribution, but he is happy to announce his upcoming marriage to Field of Glory. Rob forgets that he’s on a podcast and just starts talking with Troy, […]
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Welcome to the Century
March 19th, 2011 · 18 Comments · Me, Tech
For years I have had what one dear friend not so affectionately called a “shit phone”. I only needed a cell phone for conferences and ad hoc communication for the most part, so the shit phone worked fine. Today that ended with the purchase of a proper iPhone. I am already filling it with the […]
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Shogun 2 Early Moments
March 18th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Creative Assembly
So I got sucked in, mostly because Bill Abner told me that it was actually pretty good – the regular elimination of the Oda on the first turn (ever single game) notwithstanding. You can read his game diaries on No High Scores – first turn here. Though I defended the general design principles and aesthetic […]
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