If you don’t read Soren Johnson’s blog, you should. Today he writes a love letter to wargaming, and neatly segues into a promo piece for Hexwar. But this was the paragraph that got me: It’s hard to say what effect wargames had on me. The ratio of time spent reading rules/collecting games compared with time […]
Now Reading: Dungeons and Desktops First Impressions
May 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments · PCGamer, Print Screen, RPGs
I just started Matt Barton’s Dungeons and Desktops. I was thinking about reviewing it for my next Print Screen column for Crispy Gamer, but I noticed that Desslock just reviewed it for PC Gamer. It’s not that we can’t review the same things, but I figure that whatever Desslock says about RPGs is smarter than […]
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EU3 In Nomine First Impressions
May 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Paradox, Review
Holy crap this is good. Let’s preface this by saying that I enjoy Europa Universalis 3. It wasn’t as fresh as EU2 or as captivating as Crusader Kings. But it was an attractive, stable and often enjoyable coast through history. My big problems were connected to how colorless it was. Every major nation was subtly […]
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Marketing 101
May 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Industry
RPS has linked to a video from Creative Assembly, a video mostly about motion capture animation for the dueling movies in Empire: Total War. Characters can settle their disputes by dressing up and stabbing the other guy. The duel movies are, I suppose, the Empire equivalent of the assassination or spying movies in Medieval 2. […]
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1960: The Making of a President TURN FIVE
May 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on 1960: The Making of a President TURN FIVE · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
Turn One Turn Two Turn Three Turn Four Phase 1 -2 Kennedy, initiative, Nixon goes first (16 vs 21) NIXON 1: Nelson Rockefeller 3CP (+1 rest): +1 NJ (zero), +1 PA, +1 NY +77 260-277 Bruce: With so many Endorsements breaking ties for me, I can play the game very close to the “flip point†[…]
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Bioshock The Movie
May 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
My latest Print Screen column is up at Crispy Gamer. I indulge in a little speculative movie making.
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