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Entries from June 30th, 2011

Three Moves Ahead Episode 123 – Reviewers on Revue

June 30th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Ars Technica’s Ben Kuchera visits Three Moves Ahead to continue a discussion he started about reviewing standards and practices. Troy and Rob try to keep up as the panel discusses how writers’ relationships with their readers can affect their approach to reviews, what are a reviewer’s obligations, and the value of genre expertise. Listen here. […]

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Report from the Front

June 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Me

This morning I posted my first (and hopefully not final) post on the official Evolve PR blog. It summarizes what a lot of my friends have been asking me the last few months. “So how is it?” Expectations are a funny thing, especially when you are someone of my level of intelligence and education. You […]

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Training Wheels: Learning to Race

June 24th, 2011 · 16 Comments · Design, Me, Racing

After a few struggles with Games for Windows Live, that blight upon online PC gaming that still manages to linger, I managed to get Dirt 3 up and running. As part of my mission of self improvement and genre expansion, I’ve taken to try racing games because 1) I have lots of friends who play […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 122 – Refreezing Synapses

June 23rd, 2011 · 4 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Mode 7’s Paul Taylor visits with Julian, Rob, and PC Gamer’s Dan Stapleton to talk about Frozen Synapse. They discuss the game’s development, its lengthy beta process and how that has contributed to the game’s success, and the decision to sell the game as a 2-for-1 package. Paul gets into the fiction a little bit, […]

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The Greek National Character

June 17th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Feature:Nations, History

What this is about, including full list. The Greeks are the Ur-culture for us in the West. Though our religious traditions are putatively Middle Eastern, our understandings of man’s relationship with other men, with nature, with society, and with the divine are very Greek. This shouldn’t be surprising, since even those Middle Eastern religious traditions […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 121 – Pride of Nations and Philippe Thibaut

June 15th, 2011 · 13 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Paradox France’s Philippe Thibaut and GWJ’s Erik Hanson colonize 3MA this week to talk about Pride of Nations, Paradox France’s new grand-strategy game of imperialism. Erik and Rob are intrigued by Pride’s cynical view of colonial competition and its novel mechanics. Philippe explains the game’s origins and how it is at once a departure for […]

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