Friends and acquaintances and colleagues know that the last couple of years have been pretty rough for me. Two Christmases ago, my father died. Last winter, my personal life underwent a great upheaval that is still not settled. And this year, a new job took me away from strategy gaming as intently as I once […]
Entries Tagged as 'Awards'
2011 Can Bite Me: End of Year Reflections
December 10th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Awards, Blogs, Me
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2010 End of Year Strategy Wrap Up
December 29th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Awards
In general, it was a good year for strategy gamers. A lot of variety. If you are reading this expecting to see Starcraft 2 or Civilization 5 win strategy game of the year, sorry. When the year started, I expected one of them to be the odds on favorite. In fact, I bet every other […]
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Brutal Legend Strategy Game of the Year
February 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments · AIAS, Awards
Though some listeners were annoyed with Tom and Julian for devoting an entire episode of Three Moves Ahead to Brutal Legend, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences agree that Tim Schafer’s heavy metal adventure whatsit is, in fact, a bona fide strategy game and, in fact, the best one of 2009. In other AIAS […]
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The Limits of IGF Judging
January 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Awards, Indie Games
AI War was not nominated for any Independent Game Festival awards. This is does not surprise anyone, even the creator. (Spotted at RPS.) Chris Park makes some observations about the IGF judging process that echo my own experiences with the indie awards. IGF winners generally tend to be very short and have a clear and […]
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2009 End of Year Strategy Wrap-Up
December 29th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Awards
A rather rapid dash home to Canada for the holidays and poor access to the internet (not that I would have had time) meant that I didn’t get a lot of December blogging done. But there’s always time for the annual look back at the year in strategy gaming. I Wish I Had Played This […]
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Strategy Games of the Half Year – 2009 Edition
June 29th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Awards, Me
Six months in and 2009 already has some strong contenders for best strategy game of the year. In all, it’s been a strong half year with a few surprises. But, with the caveat that I have not played a final buld Blood Bowl yet, I still had no trouble coming up with the three best […]
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