Soren Johnson of EA/Maxis (that still doesn’t feel right…) is working on his own top eight list – Eight Things Not to Do in game design. He’s only got the first four up so far, but I’ll certainly have comments when the list is complete. I think I see some common themes running through his […]
Command and Conquer 3 Expansion
August 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Command and Conquer 3 Expansion · Electronic Arts, RTS
So it’s official. Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars will be getting an expansion called Kane’s Wrath. The story based campaign will be the biography of our favorite bald lunatic. Taking a page from other RTSes, there will also be a “global domination” game. Oh, and can someone send a fact checker to Gamedaily? While […]
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Just In Case You Were Wondering
August 12th, 2007 · 5 Comments · CGM
Yes, I was aware that efforts are being made to resuscitate Computer Games Magazine. Yes, I have spoken at length to Mr. Travaglino on a few occasions. He’s enthusiastic, curious and asking all the right questions. Yes, I am on board for now, with the caveat that the magazine business is hard, reviving dead publications […]
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Exhaustion
August 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Exhaustion · Me
I’ve just returned from an exhausting in-and-out trip out west to take a look at EA/Tilted Mill’s upcoming city builder SimCity: Societies. I bought a huge biography of Timur to read on the flight out west but ended up going through the whole thing during my four and a half hour wait on the tarmac […]
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The Eight Greatest Features
August 8th, 2007 · 12 Comments · Design
Juuso at Gameproducer.net has just posted what he thinks are the 7 greatest things you can put in a game that would appeal to him. It’s a fairly wide ranging list, but I’d collapse his number 6 (reflective water) and 7 (details), since, for me, reflective water is a little detail. It’s nice, sure and […]
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Punic Wars Scenario Update
August 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Punic Wars Scenario Update · Ancients, HPS
HPS has released a free expansion to Paul Bruffel’s very good Ancient Warfare: Punic Wars. The expansion has a lot of new historical battles to round out the war against Carthage, including Zama – a monster of a battle that has all the hallmarks of the HPS insistence that it isn’t a real battle if […]
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