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Three Moves Ahead Episode 84: Civilization V with Todd Brakke

September 30th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Firaxis, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

  One guest cancels, but his shoes are ably filled by Gameshark’s Todd Brakke as Troy, Julian and Rob hold forth on the game that has already eaten Troy’s life – and he has to keep writing about it for at least another month. Listen as the team talks about their favorite innovations in Civ […]

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Civilization 5, AI and Scoring Games

September 22nd, 2010 · 50 Comments · Firaxis, Gameshark, Review

In case you missed it, my Civ 5 review is now up at Gameshark. Some very intelligent readers and friends are taking the “not an A” score as an indictment of the game. Considering that all of the early reviews were total and complete raves (early rave reviews for a major franchise! shocking!), this is […]

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The Return of CivAnon

June 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Firaxis, Industry

I loved this marketing campaign when 2k and Firaxis did it for Civilization 4. Happy to see it is back

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 69: E3 Special Short with Jon Shafer

June 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Firaxis, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

  Promises to listeners are not kept, so Troy flies solo for an interview with Jon Shafer, the lead designer of Civilization 5. 15 minutes of Hex Based Strategy Gaming. Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.

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New Civilization 5 Info

June 10th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Firaxis

And just in time for E3. Not every Civ gets a unique building – some get two unique units. No Zulus.

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Civilization 5 Makes You Pay More for Babylon

May 6th, 2010 · 50 Comments · Firaxis, Industry

I love Civilization. Millions of us do. I love Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar. Hundreds of us do. But the idea of paying for a Digital Deluxe Edition if I want the Babylonians as a playable Civ? Not nice, 2k Games. Not nice at all. I get the business thinking here – bonuses for special editions or […]

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