Nothing like stirring the pot to get a little attention. My recent counterpost to Dr. Nathan Toronto’s article on The Future of the RTS has (with my consent) been reprinted on Gamasutra. I hope the conversation will continue, though I should probably have added a paragraph or two about the potential for Sins of a […]
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Everyone Likes Essay Contests
January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Everyone Likes Essay Contests · Blogs
Shack News is running an essay contest in which you have to write about your favorite civilization. I guess it’s part of a promo for the upcoming Civilization: Revolution. (I suppose I could have contests, but I’m lazy and cheap. Nobody gives me stuff to award as prizes, but then I don’t ask either. Because […]
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Sometimes You Always Win
January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogs, Electronic Arts
Jeremy Greenfield of Gamers With Jobs has just posted an interesting summary of his attempt to drive a city into the ground in SimCity: Societies. He found, as many critics did, that the system was too forgiving of screw-ups and that it may be harder to kill a city than to create one. Thanks to […]
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100,000
January 18th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Blogs, Me
Sometime in the last few days, Flash of Steel topped one hundred thousand hits. Because of changes in location and template and all that stuff, it’s not exactly clear who or when it was. Hell, it may even have been me. Anyway, thanks everyone. Let’s try to hit 200k by 2010.
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Soren Johnson Interview
January 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Firaxis, Maxis
Soren Johnson is also good for a quote, so it’s only natural for Rock, Paper, Shotgun to hit him up for an extensive interview about the PC market, game design and inspiration. Some highlights: On the shrinking range of AAA titles: [T]here’s still a few blockbuster Triple-A franchises that are still cranking out… but if […]
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Steve Bauman’s Top Ten
January 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Steve Bauman’s Top Ten · Blogs
Though he’s out of the professional commentary game, former CGM editor still knows what he likes. His list has the usual suspects but not in the order you would expect them to be in.
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