I don’t want this to turn into a boardgaming blog (though I hope to have Turn 3 of the AAR up later today) but indie developer Michael Akinde has posted some of his thoughts on the Avalon Hill classic Republic of Rome over on his Imperium blog. Still no news on a release date over […]
February Strategy Preview
February 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Preview
February 4 – Sins of a Solar Empire (Ironclad/Stardock) February 5 – SpaceForce Captains (Provox/JoWood), SunAge (Lighthouse/Vertex4), Culdcept Saga 360 (Namco Bandai/Omiya) February 12 – XIII Century: Death or Glory (1C/Atari) February 22 – Imperium Romanum (Haemimont/South Peak) February 26 – Sims 2: Free Time (Maxis/EA) The Imperium Romanum date is from Gamespot; IGN says […]
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The New Risk
February 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Board Games, Review
Apparently there is a new version of Risk. You can read Lara Crigger’s review of Risk: Black Ops over at Gamers with Jobs. (By the way, Lara has started blogging, so let’s hope she can keep the content coming.) I hate Risk. Always have. As fun as conquering the world sounds, especially when you’re 11, […]
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Sins of a Solar Empire: First Impressions
February 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ironclad, RTS, Sci Fi
I’ve already written a preview, but now that I have my hands on the final version I can begin forming ideas that mean something. 1) The interface has gotten more than a polish from the beta that I played. A lot of the screens have been redone from scratch, and are much improved. The research […]
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Crispy Gamer is Live
February 1st, 2008 · 9 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Media
I’m thrilled to announce that Crispy Gamer is now live and online. My first two contributions are a review of Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance and a review of Geometry Wars: Galaxies. There are still some bugs to work out, as people try their best to break the content management system, but I hope you’ll be […]
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The Political Machine 2008
January 31st, 2008 · 8 Comments · Preview, Stardock
Gamespy’s Allen Rausch has the first extended preview of Stardock’s sequel to the 2004 election game Political Machine. The new edition takes so many more factors into account that the team felt confident enough to actually include a few historical scenarios such as the Lincoln/Douglas race of 1860 (Lincoln won) and some modern European politicians […]
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