So I went ahead and reviewed Dungeons & Desktops anyway. And I didn’t like it very much. The more I read, the clearer it became that Matt Barton wanted to write two different books – an encyclopedia of CRPGs and a business/design history. It is certainly possible to meld the two, but Dr. Barton never […]
Entries Tagged as 'Crispy Gamer'
Print Screen Number 6 and other books
June 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Print Screen Number 6 and other books · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
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Bioshock The Movie
May 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Print Screen
My latest Print Screen column is up at Crispy Gamer. I indulge in a little speculative movie making.
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Twilight of the Arnor Review
May 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Review, Sci Fi, Stardock
My review of the latest Galactic Civilizations II expansion pack is up at Crispy Gamer. I’ve always “liked” GalCiv2, but I think I’m closer to “love” now. I’ve slammed expansion packs in the past for adding nothing, and you could make a case that Arnor adds very little that is new. But it adds so […]
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Interview with Johan Andersson
May 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Interview with Johan Andersson · Crispy Gamer, Interview, Paradox
My interview with Paradox boss Johan Andersson is now up at CG. I tend to like interviews where you give the subject enough room to just ramble, and Johan was happy to do that on this occasion. He took time to call Hearts of Iron a “buggy piece of shit” and to deem the development […]
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Nobody Likes You When You’re Strange
May 2nd, 2008 · 8 Comments · Big Huge Games, Crispy Gamer, Design, RTS
RTS evangelist Tom Chick devoted his most recent column to a celebration of Rise of Legend‘s second anniversary. He talked to Big Huge Games head honcho Brian Reynolds about the game – why it worked and why it wasn’t the huge success it deserved to be. This exchange capsulizes the prevailing thinking on why the […]
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Europa Universalis: Rome review
April 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Ancients, Crispy Gamer, Paradox, Review
My Europa Universalis: Rome review is now up at Crispy Gamer. I did an interview with Johan Andersson that doesn’t seem to be up yet, but I’ll let you know when it goes live. The review was based on a gold review build; the day one patch has fixed some of the issues. You can’t […]
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