GWJ’s Cory Banks finally dips his toes in the waters of turn-based wargaming with Matrix / Slitherine’s new Panzer General remake, Panzer Corps. He joins Julian and Rob to talk about wargaming-lite, whether this really improves on Panzer General, and Panzer Corps’ puzzle-based approach to scenario design. Rob realizes a newfound appreciation for daunting complexity. […]

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PC Gamer EIC Logan Decker joins Rob and Julian for a discussion of Christoph Hartmann’s comments that strategy is not a contemporary genre. They dig into his interview, and what he meant. They also cover other publishing models, and how they stack up to what game publishers do, and discuss how Hartmann’s comments reflect a […]

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Troy and Rob are over the moon about Longbow’s Hegemony: Wars of Ancient Greece, and invite programmer and writer Rick Yorgason to the show so they can ask that timeless question: “How awesome is your game?” The three go into detail on the game’s simplicity, its superb camera controls and artwork, its integrated and effective […]

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Taking a moment from their respective vacations, Rob and Julian pick up the pieces after a couple show ideas fall apart at the last minute. Julian wants to talk about card mechanics and why he likes them so much. Rob wonders if most PC games eschew cards because they tend to symbolize and abstract concepts, […]

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Ars Technica’s Ben Kuchera visits Three Moves Ahead to continue a discussion he started about reviewing standards and practices. Troy and Rob try to keep up as the panel discusses how writers’ relationships with their readers can affect their approach to reviews, what are a reviewer’s obligations, and the value of genre expertise. Listen here. […]

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Mode 7’s Paul Taylor visits with Julian, Rob, and PC Gamer’s Dan Stapleton to talk about Frozen Synapse. They discuss the game’s development, its lengthy beta process and how that has contributed to the game’s success, and the decision to sell the game as a 2-for-1 package. Paul gets into the fiction a little bit, […]

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