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The Flash of Steel Store

March 19th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Blogs, Me

I wasn’t sure I wanted to do this. First, the product quality may not be up to my readers’ discerning standards. Second, it feels like I’m grubbing for money when I already have ads on the site. Third, well, it may be a little tacky in the end so we’ll see how long I do […]

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Large Scale RTS and their intimacy problems: SupCom 2 report

March 10th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Design, Gas Powered Games, Me, RTS

At this week’s GDC, Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor told Greg Tito of The Escapist that Supreme Commander 2 was one of the best games he’d ever worked on. (I’m still working my way through the campaign, but I’ll let you know if I agree with him soon.) He also said that SupCom2 was […]

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Design Notes Again

March 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Board Games, Me

I’m meeting my neighbor for an afternoon of Maria. I’ve spent the morning reading the rules (I missed Sivel’s earlier Frederick) and they seem pretty clear cut. The first thing I did, though, was turn to the design notes. One of the constant themes of both Flash of Steel and Three Moves Ahead has been […]

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More Thoughts on that Literature Article

March 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Gamespy, Me, Media

Other People’s Stories was one of the easiest articles I’ve ever written. As EA’s Jonathan Knight says of Dante’s Inferno, the ideas are so big. It’s impossible not to find an angle or know what questions to ask. Not everyone I asked for input replied to my queries, and that ended up being OK since […]

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Flash of Steel is New and Improved

February 10th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Blogs, Me

Nothing like a fresh coat of paint and someone who knows what the hell they are doing to improve the look of a simple WordPress blog. It’s still the old Cutline theme, but fresh eyes and some aesthetic/technical abilities have brought a hint of organization to what was a bit of an ugly mess. Things […]

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Napoleon Needed More Shovels

February 9th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Me

The radio silence has mostly been induced by my unwillingness to do much of anything in the face of so much snow. I live in the Metro DC area and we were buried. And more is coming today. I just hope we can maintain power while I record the podcast tonight. (We’re a night later […]

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