What this is about, and a list of the games. No matter what G4 says, X-Com still stands as one of the best dozen computer/video games ever made. It trafficked in old school alien lore years before X-Files made the puny greys a menace to watch out for. It mixed tactical and strategic planning at […]
Entries from June 28th, 2012
The Weirdness of Pocket Planes
June 25th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Mobile
I have been playing Civ and Gratuitous Tank Battles, as promised. Not a lot of Sins or Pokemon Conquest because there are only so many hours in the day. But my in-between times, as I wait or cook or prepare for bed, have been spent on a stupid little iPhone app from Nimblebit called Pocket […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 174 – For I Have Sinned
June 23rd, 2012 · 8 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Ironclad’s Blair Fraser and Stardock’s Chris Bray join Rob, Julian, and freelance writer Kat Bailey to discuss the new Rebellion stand-alone expansion to Sins of a Solar Empire. Kat wants to know what the hell to do about Advent culture. Rob wants to know why Rebellion looks so good. Blair wants everyone to know that […]
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The Week I Play Everything
June 19th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Blogs, Me
Prep for E3, followed by E3, followed by recovering from post E3 trip left me a little drained. But hey, always time for the 500 games you said you would play, right? What is it about late spring/early summer that puts me in the mood to play every single game that crosses my desk? I […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 173 – Going Pro
June 17th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Rod “Slasher” Breslau, eSports correspondent for GameSpot and a panelist on Live on Three, joins Julian and Rob to help them with their recent conversion to the cause of eSports and pro gaming. They discuss the difficulties of getting into the pro gaming scene, how it evolved, and the different forms of success embodied by […]
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The Long Game
June 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gamers
You’ve probably all seen the story of the ten year Civilization II game over on Reddit. In short, a gentleman named Lycerius (not his real name) was playing a game of Civ 2 for a long time and the world had broken down completely. Three superpowers that couldn’t touch each other (all with same tech […]
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