Bruce Geryk returns to the show to give special guest Michael Abbot a hard time in a discussion that is intended to focus on the ethical and moral dimension of wargames and wargaming, but ranges all over the place, including a sidetrack into why people get into wargames to begin with. Rob Zacny tries […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 88: Ethics, Morality and Motivation
October 27th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 87: Borrowing and Personalization
October 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Hellmode‘s Ashelia (aka Rhea Monique) joins Rob and Julian for a discussion of how strategy games can learn from other genres. Rob also coins the Old Country Buffet approach to strategy game design. The October pledge drive continues with a more subdued plea for money. Listen here. RSS here. Subscribe on iTunes.
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 86: Logistics, Supply and News
October 14th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Design, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames
Troy and Rob start the show with a talk about what Derek Paxton’s move to Stardock means for Elemental and the future of Stardock. They then segue into a discussion about logistics and supply rules constrain the player in interesting ways. Rob tells another wargame anecdote, we debate whether an AI really understands supply […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 85: Betrayal and Manipulation
October 7th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Julian and Rob are joined by Rob Daviau (Hasbro) and Chris Remo (Irrational) to talk about how games let us give in to our worst impulses and betray our friends. Neptune’s Pride, Risk, Weinhandler, Starcraft and a dozen other games come up. Rob sounds very NPR in the intro. Then the whole thing goes […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 84: Civilization V with Todd Brakke
September 30th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Firaxis, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
One guest cancels, but his shoes are ably filled by Gameshark’s Todd Brakke as Troy, Julian and Rob hold forth on the game that has already eaten Troy’s life – and he has to keep writing about it for at least another month. Listen as the team talks about their favorite innovations in Civ […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 83: RUSE
September 23rd, 2010 · 18 Comments · Podcast, RTS, Three Moves Ahead, WW2
This week, Rob takes the lead and sings the praises of RUSE, the new WW2 RTS from Ubisoft and Eugen Systems. Troy and Julian push him on the differences between the single and multiplayer components, whether it uses real deception and some rambling bits about World War 2 games in general. Listen here. RSS […]
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