I only really care about the PC, so here’s the link. Well, I care about the other systems in an intellectual way, I guess. But the PC is my bread and butter. No surprises here, really. There’s still the anachronism of turn-based versus real-time, but lots of love there for two of my favorite games […]

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This months Computer Games Magazine arrived a little later than usual, and with a huge ad for Massive Magazine glued all the way around it. Though it’s great to know that I can get four issues of this wonderful publication for the low, low price of six dollars, I know that if I try to […]

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Slitherine Software has been a regular at the Independent Games Festival. In 2005 they took Spartan, in 2006 Legion Arena, winning kudos for their appealing graphics and technical excellence. So, unsurprisingly, Arcane Legions, a strategy RPG has been nominated for Technical Excellence. You can catch up with Iain McNeil at Gamasutra, where he talks about […]

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Game Daily’s Media Coverage column has the usual Christmas theme this week, and, even though it misspells Mr. Claus, it is mostly a splash of the usual complaints about games journalism. Forget TV coverage, he says, it’s pointless even to try because it’s not interactive enough for gamers. (Not sure what this means for print.) […]

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Bruce Geryk has just posted the first part of his interview with Lars Thuring, the lead developer on a computer version of Advanced Squad Leader.

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Before long, we’ll be inundated with the end of year wrap-ups, and I’ll post my 2006 strategy retrospective in a couple of weeks. If I had a podcast, I’d try to do a roundtable thing, but in lieu of that, feel free to email me comments or opinions. Of course, some people take the opinions […]

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