Jeff Green has been covering games in the print media since Gutenberg, so it’s always great to read his opinion on the State of the Gaming Media. The Escapist has a new interview with the Editor in Chief of Games for Windows. He doesn’t say a lot that others haven’t, but it has the imprimatur […]
Advanced Tactics
June 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Matrix, Preview, WW2
Matrix Games has announced a new “turn-based strategy masterpiece”. Their words, not mine. Advanced Tactics WW2 is a wargame from Dutch gaming outfit VR Designs. It is based on their freeware wargame People’s Tactics, available on their website. Judging from the screenshots, seems to have both theater and regional combat. Operational Art of War III […]
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Civilization IV in Chinese
June 26th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Firaxis
Jason Bergman has the skinny on the Chinese version of the only game I still play at least twice a week. They get a shirt. Apparently some changes needed to be made to get around censors, but he doesn’t say what they were. My guess is removal of religion and nerfing the Japanese. And maybe […]
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I think I saw this on The Flintstones
June 25th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Creative Assembly, History
A unit description for the upcoming Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms. Mayan Hornet Throwers gather nests of stinging insects and hurl them into combat! Once thrown, the nest erupts on impact, sending forth a swarm of angry stinging insects which can even get inside European armour and cause serious pain to the recipient. The Hornet […]
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Writing is Hard
June 24th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Me, Media
I just finished a 1500 word article for a future Escapist and I’m still not entirely thrilled with it. This is a normal feeling for me. There are reviews I wrote three years ago that I still think could use another ten edits. But deadlines are deadlines. Fortunately, The Escapist has some good editors. I’ve […]
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Things You May Have Heard That Are Not True
June 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on Things You May Have Heard That Are Not True · Blogs, Industry
A couple of pieces of EA news have had the gaming forums in a bit of a tizzy lately. Let’s clarify a few things. 1. SimCity 5 is not being made by Tilted Mill. They are making a new game in the SimCity series and, it seems, will try to be as accessible as the […]
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