Even though our leaders have no clear idea about how a modern economy actually works, Maxis’s Soren Johnson has put a lot of thought into how to make a economy work in games. Unfortunately, the market dynamics of these games tend to repeat themselves, with prices usually bottoming out once the players’ total production overwhelms […]
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January Round Table
January 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on January Round Table · Blogs, Round Table
I haven’t participated in one of Corvus Elrod’s round tables in a long time, so I haven’t linked to many of them. I’m pretty self-absorbed. I didn’t contribute this month, either, but since the topic is one dear to my heart, please check out the wide range of posts about translating books into games. Everything […]
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Can A Blog Be Self Aware?
January 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blogs
Kotaku’s most popular story last year was about a Playboy Playmate hula hooping with her Wii. So you know that they have to find a place for cleavage in a story about Salman Rushdie’s gaming habits. I’m no prude, but this seems to be either self aware “look how lecherous we are” or clueless searching […]
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Parkin’s Picks
December 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Parkin’s Picks · Blogs, Media
Simon Parkin has rounded out his list of the top games writing for 2008. I demand a recount.
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Bill Abner’s Top Ten Boardgames of 2008
December 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Blogs, Board Games
Read it. You might come up with a nice gift idea for me.
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State of The Blog 2008 (mostly) and early resolutions
December 9th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Blogs, Me
As we near the end of yet another year, it’s time to look back at Flash of Steel from December 9, 2007 to now. The state of the blog is strong. Traffic is slowly growing and there have been a few big hits over the year. The five top 2008 posts were my series on […]
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