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Demigod Trailer

July 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gas Powered Games

We now have a trailer for the Gas Power Games RTS/RPG Demigod. I’m not quite sure what exactly is going on in the video besides things beating each other to paste, which I suppose is about right. Nice to see that their boob physics engine is working.

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

July 25th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Design, Electronic Arts, Wargames

Last year, Irrational’s Ken Levine famously said that the problem with most game designers is that they’ve read one book (Lord of the Rings) and seen one movie (Aliens). It was typical Levine exaggeration, but the point was clear – game designers (and, I would add, games journalists) take their entertainment cues from a small […]

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More E3 Previews and Total War

July 22nd, 2008 · 9 Comments · Creative Assembly, E3

Dragon Age: Origins Empire: Total War Velvet Assassin Dungeon Hero Of these four, I am, naturally, most excited about Empire: Total War. Now I am perfectly ready for this game to not be great, but from the fifteen minute demo I saw last week I can’t imagine Empire being anything less than very good. The […]

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More E3 Previews

July 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Akella, E3, Electronic Arts, Gameshark, Preview

Disciples III: Renaissance Crysis: Warhead Lord of the Rings Conquest

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Command and Conquer 3: Red Alert

July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · E3, Electronic Arts, Gameshark, Preview

My preview can be found here.

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Disciples III and Red Alert

July 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Akella, E3, Electronic Arts

I saw two strategy games today, Disciples III from Akella and Command and Conquer 3: Red Alert from EA. And I think I’m equally interested in both. Now I’m not a huge Disciples fan, so I’m sure a lot of this had to do with the contrast between the game and the environment it was […]

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