When I heard that my old friend Rod Humble was making a game about the spread of religions, I knew I was going to be playing it. Rod has always had an interesting approach to game design, almost more interested in posing questions (whether about history or emotional connection in games) and I had high […]
Entries Tagged as 'Religion'
Heirs to Peter, Corrupters of Plans: The Pope as Game Mechanic
March 6th, 2013 · 9 Comments · Creative Assembly, Design, Paradox, Religion, Retro
I did not expect to wake up a couple of weeks ago to the news that Pope Benedict XVI had announced his abdication. As of last week, His Holiness retired to a monastery and the cardinals now begin convening to choose his successor. There hasn’t been a voluntary abdication since the 13th century, and the […]
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Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam – Family Matters
July 16th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Design, Paradox, Religion
I’ll add the usual disclaimer that Paradox is a client of Evolve PR, though no one can really call into question my serious love for many of the studio’s design ambitions. The Sword of Islam expansion is something that fans of the Crusader Kings franchise have been calling for ever since the first game in […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 44 – Religion
December 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Podcast, Religion, Three Moves Ahead
A subtle shifting of the guard as Julian Murdoch is back after hiatus, but Troy Goodfellow is off for a week, leaving Julian at the mercy of the far more stable Tom Chick and Bruce Geryk. The topic is religion: does it work in a strategy game as a mechanic? Has anyone done it better […]
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Sims 3 and Religion: The Answer that Isn’t
June 23rd, 2009 · 43 Comments · Electronic Arts, Maxis, Religion
Give Tom Chick credit. He’s not afraid to ask the obvious question that puts people on the spot. Okay, well let me ask you about another tricky issue. Something that I think is conspicuously absent from The Sims is something very important in many people’s day-to-day lives. That’s religion. How come the Sims has never […]
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Don’t Lie About Our Game – Or Else!
October 6th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Blogs, Religion
Left Behind Games has been sending out letters that threaten legal action against sites and writers who write “false and/or misleading” information about their Left Behind games, based on the best-selling dispensationalist fiction series. They even want bloggers to remove comments that are made in light of the “false and/or misleading” information. The letter is […]
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