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Empire Impressions at Gamespot

August 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Creative Assembly, Napoleonics, Preview

Jason Ocampo has written an extended “first impressions” article on Empire: Total War. The highlights include a description of how the campaign scales in complexity as you move through it, giving you little to do and then more and then more. There will be a new engine and some new features, including garrisoning buildings and […]

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Personal Gripe Time

August 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Personal Gripe Time · History, Me

How in the name of all that is holy does Alexander Hamilton not make the cut as an advisor for the United States in the Napoleon’s Ambition expansion to Europa Universalis 3? He’s the indispensable founding father – he did and thought things that precious few of his compatriots did. Add him. Level 6 Treasurer.

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Empire: Total War

August 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Creative Assembly, Napoleonics, Preview

Announcement and screens here. Now for the fisking. Empire: Total War is set in the 18th century, a turbulent era that is the most requested by Total War’s loyal fan base and a period alive with global conflict, revolutionary fervour and technological advances. With themes such as the Industrial Revolution, America’s struggle for independence, the […]

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Waiting

August 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments · Me

Why does it take Bioshock so long to install?

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New PC Gaming Blog

August 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Blogs

British gaming brains Kieron Gillen, Alec Meer, Jim Rossignol and John Walker have launched a new blog devoted to computer gaming. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has been up for a few days but I missed the launch I guess. So start reading it today since it has an interview with Ken Levine.

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Supreme Ruler 2020

August 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Preview, RTS

In my review of Battlegoat’s Supreme Ruler 2010, I called the game a “first draft of the future”, a reference not simply to the setting of the game but to Battlegoat’s promise as a designer. I could see lots of little things in the game that I found appealing. So it’s with a conflicted heart […]

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