What a last couple of months. So busy on the personal and professional side of things, helping other people with their stuff, reorganizing my office, and publishing all kinds of reviews and the like. Some things are written but not up. The portfolio will be updated later today. But here’s a quick update. Gameshark Sims […]
Entries Tagged as 'Gameshark'
Catching Up on the Portfolio
December 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Gameshark, Me, PCGamer, Podcast
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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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Hegemony: Philip of Macedon Review
June 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Ancients, Gameshark, Review, RTS
You can read my full thoughts on Hegemony at Gameshark. Hegemony is one of those games that makes me hate the fact we are expected to score reviews. How do I weigh the charm and intuitiveness of the design against the constant interruptions of rebellions and unexpected attacks? Am I expected to know how readers […]
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Jumping the Shark Podcast Appearance
June 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Gameshark, Podcast
I was a guest on this week’s Jumping the Shark, the official podcast of Gameshark.com, one the last places that will let me review things for money. If you are familiar with podcasts, the JTS format should be obvious. They start talking about the games they are playing (I talked Hegemony and Din’s Curse) and […]
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Command & Conquer 4 Review: Breaking Rules
April 22nd, 2010 · 15 Comments · Electronic Arts, Gameshark, Review, RTS
I hated writing this review. I hated playing this game. I hated thinking about playing this game because I had to write the review. When people talk about strategy/RPG hybrids, I wonder how many of them mean a game like this where you need to play for hours and hours and hours just to see […]
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Civilization 5 Preview
April 3rd, 2010 · 18 Comments · Firaxis, Gameshark, Preview
PAX East came right on the heels of the Game Developers’ Conference, so the presentation that I was treated to was very much like the one that GDC attendees saw. There is nothing in my preview that you haven’t read somewhere else. Actually, that’s not entirely true. It’s amazing what little things games journalists miss. […]
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