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Entries Tagged as 'Interview'

Annals of Rome – The Designer’s Perspective

March 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ancients, Feature:Anc, Interview, Retro

As I noted in an edit to my Annals of Rome entry, I was delighted to get an email from the designer of the game, George Jaroszkiewicz. The fact that he was not credited in the original packaging (“When I created the game, it was inconvenient to publish my name, so I invented the name […]

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Dwarf Fortress

February 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments · City Builder, Indie Games, Interview

Don’t miss John Harris’s interview with Tarn Adams, the creator of one of the best (and most user unfriendly) city/empire builders in recent memory. Dwarf Fortress is a game that is captivating, addictive and terribly, terribly mean.

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Sins Interview

February 6th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Design, Interview, Ironclad

Don’t miss Kieron Gillen’s interview with Blair Fraser, lead designer of this month’s addiction, Sins of a Solar Empire and Stardock’s Brad Wardell. Highlights from the interview: On why they focused on what they focused on: I can’t count how many times I’ve looked at that list during a game purchase only to be disappointed […]

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Developer Interview: Martin Campion

September 1st, 2007 · 14 Comments · Education, History, Interview

A few months ago I wrote about a strategy game from the distant past, Medieval Lords: Soldier Kings of Europe. The game’s developer, Martin Campion, stumbled upon the entry and commented. He graciously agreed to answer a few questions on his experiences developing simulation games. Though Campion has been away from the computer game business […]

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The Making of Shogun

August 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Making of Shogun · Creative Assembly, Interview

Sometimes I wish I had a huge portfolio of developer interviews and features that I could dredge up to make up for new content. Kieron doesn’t have that problem.

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Combat Mission Q&A

February 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Combat Mission Q&A · Battlefront, Interview

Battlefront’s Steve Grammont sat down to answer some questions from Gamespot about Combat Mission: Shock Force. Lots of great little nuggets there, including some theorizing that a land war with Iran is unforseeable at the moment.

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