This week, a full panel deals with the question of getting started in strategy gaming. Should people approach the genre from first principles (The Murdoch Method) or through a topic they are interested in (The Goodfellow Approach)? How important is the visual immersion compared to the mechanics? Bonus: Everyone is called an idiot by someone […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 29 – Getting Started
September 8th, 2009 · 21 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Seven Questions
September 3rd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Me, Podcast
Why seven? Who knows. It’s one of those magic things, I guess. But the latest Gamers With Jobs conference call had a discussion about what seven questions gamers consider when they decide whether or not to keep playing a game. You have to skip past the as-usual interminable but part-of-deal talk about what everyone is […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 28 – We’re on a boat
September 1st, 2009 · 8 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames
The smallest podcast ever! Scheduling confusion means that just Tom and Troy are on hand to talk about naval tactics in strategy games. High on nostalgia, low on insight and yet another plug for Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition‘s tactical naval engine. You do get a moment where Tom fancies himself to be Da Vinci. […]
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Polycast Appearance
September 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Podcast
Most serious Civ fans know about the Polycast, a podcast hosted over on the We Play Civ fan site by Daniel Quick and other luminaries of the community. (It started on the Apolyton site, hence the name.) I was a guest on the most recent episode, number 76. Fun group and I’d be happy to […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 27 – Mark H. Walker and Lock N Load
August 25th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Matrix, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames
The panel welcomes Mark H. Walker to the round table for a bruising discussion of his upcoming squad based wargame Lock N Load: Heroes of Stalingrad. Bruce and Julian dominate an unusually combative conversation, which only shows how much we care. What is the place of narrative in war games? Do designers overestimate how intuitive […]
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Idle Thumbs on Starcraft II
August 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Podcast, RTS
Given the previews and commentary circulating now – a full six months before the game is out – it’s worth noting that the Idle Thumbs podcast spends a lot of the August 17 episode talking about Starcraft II. (I don’t listen to many podcasts, but Idle Thumbs is on my subscription list.)
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