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Entries Tagged as 'Ancients'

Comparative Review: The Three Romes

December 22nd, 2006 · 4 Comments · Ancients, City Builder

It’s a good thing that Heart of the Empire: Rome was delayed till 2007. It would have had a hard time finding room on my schedule. I must have built more acqueducts, plazas and temples this year than in any other, and that’s not even counting the hundreds of hours I sunk into Civilization. 2006 […]

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Developer Interview: Jim McNally

May 5th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Ancients, Indie Games, Interview

Longbow Digital Arts is a Toronto based developer best known for its arcade games, especially the very addictive Breakout clone DX-Ball. So what do you do next? You make a strategy game based in Ancient Greece, that’s what. Obvious, no? Jim McNally answered a few questions about Hegemony. —————— Longbow Digital Arts has focused, to […]

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Developer Interview: Michael Akinde

November 21st, 2005 · 3 Comments · Ancients, Imperium, Interview

In the first of what I hope will be many interviews with independent strategy game developers, Michael Akinde agreed to answer some questions about Imperium: Rise of Rome, game design and the place of history in the game business. This interview was originally going to be the first thing published on my new domain, but […]

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