Since this has become Majesty 2 week, I thought I should point you to my colleague’s review over at Fidgit. For some people, a near perfect copy is enough. For the most part, Majesty 2 is the same game as Majesty. Which is fine by me. The original game was a near work of genius […]
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Majesty 2 Review
September 15th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Review
Now up at Crispy Gamer. I like Majesty 2, but I can’t really recommend it unequivocally to any audience. There is a difference between frustration because you are still mastering a system and frustration because your puny units keep dying stupid deaths. This game is the latter, and that – with the repetitiveness – is […]
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Crispy Minute on East India Company
August 12th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Paradox, Review
I had no idea I was rocking like that. Wow. I look kind of crazy. I’ve said before how much I love what Crispy is doing with most of its short videos, and this was a lot of fun to shoot. There’s about 20 minutes on the cutting room floor, because the cameraman, John Teti, […]
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Hearts of Iron 3 review
August 10th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Paradox, Review, WW2
I was out of town for a long weekend. Caught a show in NY, met up with some of my Crispy Gamer colleagues, shot a video with them, etc. In the meantime, Crispy Gamer published my review of Hearts of Iron 3, which I love. There are problems with the game. There is some slowness […]
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East India Company Review
July 31st, 2009 · 10 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Paradox, Review
I have to stop letting myself get excited by preview builds and slick presentations by Finnish charmers. East India Company demos very well. The core gameplay of sailing to the Indies and making a fortune is solid both in principle and execution. And when someone dangles the idea of bigger ships and naval wars in […]
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Dawn of Discovery Review
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Dawn of Discovery Review · City Builder, Gameshark, Review, Ubisoft
Read it at Gameshark.
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