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Battlestations Pacific

May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Review, WW2

I played it for twenty minutes or so at last year’s E3 and wasn’t terribly impressed. I may be wrong, since Battlestations Pacific is getting some pretty decent reviews, including this thoughtful one from David Thomas at Crispy Gamer. (Apologies in advance for the persistent pop-up reminder of the upcoming site redesign.) By the way, […]

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The Final Word on Tower Defense Games

May 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer

If you heard Episode 11 of Three Moves Ahead, then you know that neither Tom Chick nor I have a lot of love for tower defense games. Tom, at least, is man enough to suck it up and devote an entire column to the games anyway.

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Putting My Degree To Work on a Stupid List

May 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer

My recent feature at Crispy Gamer is mostly tongue in cheek, but I hope it provokes some discussion. (I sent a draft to my podcast panel before Sunday’s recording, so we talk a little bit about the idea. You’ll be able to hear it soon.) Regular readers probably know that I think lists like this […]

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Stalin vs Martians Review and New Print Screen

May 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen, Review, RTS

I was mostly joking when I mentioned reviewing this game to Crispy Gamer’s managing editor. It is really a nothing game that no one would have cared about if its teaser videos hadn’t gone viral. It’s really a textbook case of good marketing, though it doesn’t change the fact the game is so terrible. Some […]

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Sid’s Rules

May 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blogs, Crispy Gamer, Design, Media

Sid Meier is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. Even when he’s talking about other people’s games and how much fun he is having, I get the sense that he is appreciating them on more levels than I can imagine. Soren Johnson, his former colleague at Firaxis, has just posted “Sid’s Rules”, […]

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“An Animated Poster”

April 15th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Gas Powered Games, Review

Crispy Gamer EIC John Keefer recommends Demigod, and he’s right. This is a game that deserves a wide audience and, if the number of hits I’ve gotten in the last few days from Google searches are any indication, Demigod just might get it.

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