I apologize for the slow pace of updates lately. My desk is full of work for three different outlets, plus I want to shop around a review for Dominions 3. I also need to get my indie column finished. So this is a bad time to get sick. On the plus side, it’s steady work, […]
Slow pace of updates
October 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Slow pace of updates · Uncategorized
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Do the Right Thing, Microsoft
October 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on Do the Right Thing, Microsoft · Uncategorized
I’m not much of a crusader. I’m too reasonable and pragmatic to carry grudges against Electronic Arts or Microsoft or Sony. I am a mature individual. But when one of the good guys is about to get the raw end of a deal, I like to speak up. Even if he is a crusader. Not […]
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Collector’s Editions
October 18th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
I don’t remember these being big things when I was younger. But now you can get a limited edition Medieval 2 if you pre-order, two differently aligned Neverwinter Nights 2 games with magic rings and a Collector’s Edition of Europa Universalis III with a soundtrack CD and “composer’s diary.” (Why the composer and not the […]
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Gaming’s Top 50 Journalists?
October 18th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
VGMWatch‘s Kyle Orland has compiled a list of gaming’s top 50 journalists for Next Gen. And, naturally, there is stuff wrong with the list. Any list that reaches 50 will inevitably lead to hair-splitting and other disagreements. So here are a few of mine. 1) The Penny Arcade guys get a single entry, but Adam […]
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Bad news from Mad Minute Games
October 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I’m a big fan of the Take Command games, and the developers at Mad Minute should be very happy with what their tiny operation has accomplished. So the news that sales have been poor and there are significant barriers to staying in business as a going concern is very disappointing. In a post on the […]
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Gamer’s Bookshelf: Gulliver’s Travels
October 16th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gamer’s Bookshelf: Gulliver’s Travels · Gamer's Bookshelf
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is one of those classics of English literature that has become so familiar that a lot of people recognize with the content without ever cracking it open. An English doctor gets shipwrecked over and over again in strange worlds, allowing Swift to make a series of satirical comments on his own […]
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