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.
Entries Tagged as 'Developers'
Three Moves Ahead Episode 69: E3 Special Short with Jon Shafer
June 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Firaxis, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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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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Shogun 2 Total War: The Iffy Idea?
June 4th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Creative Assembly, Preview
Yesterday I talked about the upside of Creative Assembly returning to Japan in their Total War series. Today, five reasons why this idea gives me pause. 1) Homogeneity: Though I’m sure that CA will manufacture reasons to mix up the factions a little (even the first Shogun had some differences in costs and unit types), […]
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Shogun 2 Total War: The Good Idea?
June 3rd, 2010 · 10 Comments · Creative Assembly, Preview
So this is a thing. There are teaser trailers all over, and I’ll probably be seeing something at E3. Top Five Reasons Why This Might Be A Good Idea: 1) Simple Diplomacy: You have a bunch of clans fighting each other to be the top dog. There will be less need for fancy alliances and […]
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A New World War I Game
May 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Slitherine, WW1
Lordz Games and Slitherine have just announced a new entry in their Commander series. Commander: The Great War will cover World War I in both a grand campaign and smaller scenarios. A list of features with comments follows: A huge hex based campaign map that stretches from the USA in the west, Africa and Arabia […]
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Total War Countdown…to what?
May 25th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Creative Assembly
My friend Kevin pointed out the countdown on the Total War home page. It’s now at 1908. Obviously counting back to a new game to announce, but will it go back further? A Civil War game maybe? Could it be a Victorian/Bismarckian era game? What new setting will get Tom Chick angry in coming years?
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