This week, Troy, Julian and Rob talk about the limitations and possibilities of story telling in strategy games. Can you have an authorial perspective in a system driven genre? Is the RTS campaign story irrevocably broken? Is there anything on the horizon that might give us hope? And stay tuned to the end where I […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 49 – Strategy Games and Story Telling
January 26th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 48 – The Gaming Gender Gap
January 19th, 2010 · 36 Comments · Podcast, Society, Three Moves Ahead
This week, Troy and Tom welcome Lara Crigger, Jenn Cutter and Tiffany Martin to the show to talk about the gender gap in strategy gaming. Well, that’s where it starts. It turns into an almost 90 minute discussion of the place of women in gaming, their portrayal in games, the importance of peer groups, more […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 47 – Looking Ahead to 2010
January 12th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy, Tom and Rob look at the big 4 RTSes coming out this year (Command & Conquer 4, Starcraft 2, Supreme Commander 2 and RUSE) as well as the return of Norb Timpko, the future of Facebook games, the battle between Victorian Age games. And Tom makes Troy sing. Apologies for the sound issues. It […]
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Sid Meier Talks Facebook Games
January 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Sid Meier Talks Facebook Games · Firaxis, Podcast
On the newest Gamers With Jobs Conference Call, Julian Murdoch talks to Sid Meier about Facebook as a design platform. Listen to it here. The chat with Meier begins after the “What Are You Playing” segment at around the 35 minute mark.
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 46 – EU3 and Heir to the Throne
January 5th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Paradox, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy, Tom and Rob Zacny talk about Europa Universalis 3, the new Heir to the Throne expansion and how the series rewards different play styles. Has the new expansion compromised the importance of stability? How does the new system change our favorite nations’ development? Can Tom keep all the changes in every expansion straight? (Spoiler: […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 45 – 2009 Year in Review
December 30th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Tom and Troy spend the hour looking back at 2009, including insight into how to make a Best of the Year list, why Tom finally joined Facebook and the state of the genre in the last year. Dawn of Discovery, Brutal Legend, Heir to the Throne, UniWar, and even Evony. Bruce is also there, in […]
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