Local strategy game developer Big Huge Games (Rise of Legends, Rise of Nations, Asian Dynasties, Catan) is now a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ (Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, Titan Quest, Baby Bratz). Though this means we probably won’t see any more of the BHG take on the Age of Empires series, and that there […]
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The Limits of Authorship
November 2nd, 2007 · 13 Comments · Industry
You know you’ve made it when someone calls you out on shoddy journalism because they know how to write your articles better than you do. I’m a hack! Mr. Goldberg’s reasonable (but out of place) point makes me question the persistence of authorship in game franchising. For how long should game journalists be expected to […]
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A Lesson in Old Fogeyism
September 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Industry
Nostalgia is a pleasant sensation. If it weren’t, I wouldn’t be searching for all my old college mates on Facebook. Nostalgia is the illusion that things were once better than they are now or, perversely, that things we find ridiculous today have some sort of kitsch value. It’s worth keeping in mind that it was […]
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Just What Game Journalism Needed
September 6th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Industry, Media
I’ve always thought that gaming journalism wasn’t doing enough to serve the already dominant 16-25 male demographic. How can we do more to attract this underappreciated audience? Why not revive the failed PC Accelerator magazine, the lad-mag for nerds that stuck Stevie Case in sexy schoolteacher poses in 2000? Because if there’s one thing this […]
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Unnecessary Warnings
August 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Industry, Wargames
I’m not a doctor. Or at least not the kind of doctor that can do you any good. So maybe there is a legitimate reason why Guns of August has an epilepsy warning. It seems like a very unlikely game to cause seizures, though. Especially since the warning cites “strong, flashing lights” as a trigger. […]
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Age of Empires Retrospective
August 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Age of Empires Retrospective · Ensemble, Industry
Gamasutra has just published a story on the Age of Empires panel at GCDC. Bruce Shelley, Brian Sullivan and Rick and Tony Goodman were there to talk about the history of the franchise. A note for the writers – when you have two Goodmans talking you can’t just write “said Goodman.” There aren’t a lot […]
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