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Review Puzzlement of the Day

January 30th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Media, Paradox

From Ian Morris’s review of Europa Universalis III: For the sake of this example, let’s presume we’re playing as sleepy old England. To invade another country, you must first declare war on it, which is done by clicking a button. After doing that, you must then find a way of amassing an army and getting […]

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Etoychest hits and misses

December 31st, 2006 · Comments Off on Etoychest hits and misses · Media

In their year end wrap-up, E-Toychest gave strategy awards to both Galactic Civilizations II (for turn-based) and Company of Heroes (for real time). Both choices are obvious. However, each entry makes at least one serious error. There were a lot of turn-based strategy games released this year, but none were quite as successful as Galactic […]

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Some opinions matter more than others

December 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Some opinions matter more than others · Media

I was wavering on getting The Movies. Despite the generally respectful reviews it has been getting, all the discussion of the tedious tycoon part of the game gave me the impression that this is a game best left for the bargain bin. Many of the movies uploaded to the Lionhead site at this point are […]

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