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What I’ve Written For Gameshark
December 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on What I’ve Written For Gameshark · Gameshark
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The Gamespot “Scandal”
December 1st, 2007 · 7 Comments · Media
People have been asking me for my take on the Gamespot/Gerstmann issue. For those who haven’t been following it, there are allegations that Senior Editor Jeff Gerstmann was dismissed from Gamespot for matters related to his scathing video review of Eidos’ Kane & Lynch, a game that had been heavily promoted on the site. All […]
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A Familiar Feeling
December 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments · Movies, RTS
When I went to see Gladiator many years ago, I was pretty hyped up for it. I didn’t expect an historically accurate movie, of course, and I was told it was a fun time with great special effects, strong acting and cinematography to die for. Plus Oliver Reed in his last great role. This was […]
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Culling the Blogroll
November 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Me
My blogroll still links to blogs that haven’t been updated in a while – some in almost a year. I’m not sure what the tipping point is for when a blog goes dead, but 12 months seems to be about right. Some of the dead blogs will stay on the roll if they have a […]
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Thoughts on Harpoon
November 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Design, Matrix, Review
Larry Bond’s Harpoon – Commander’s Edition is everything it is supposed to be. It’s the same Harpoon that I fell in love with almost twenty years ago. It has all the scenarios that I played repeatedly from both sides, plus the EC 2003 scenarios that I missed. And there’s a Western Pacific Battleset with some […]
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It’s Back
November 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on It’s Back · Matrix, Wargames
In their continuing effort to revamp, revisit and release every great old wargame from the past, Matrix Games has announced the arrival of Larry Bond’s Harpoon – Commander’s Edition. This isn’t the realistic and ugly Harpoon 2 and 3, it’s the classic Harpoon design with a few new bells and whistles. Harpoon was the first […]
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