The anniversary Three Moves Ahead podcast will go up later today, but I thought I’d put some numbers out there so you have some idea how we are doing. March 2009: 4368 downloads, with a peak day of 456 downloads (Episode 2 – Halo Wars, Sins, Empire) January 2010: 8413 downloads, with a peak of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Three Moves Ahead'
One Year of Three Moves Ahead: Some Stats
February 23rd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 52 – Sins of A Solar Empire: Diplomacy
February 16th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Ironclad, Podcast, RTS, Sci Fi, Three Moves Ahead
Troy is joined by Tom, Julian and Rob to talk about the new expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire. How does Diplomacy work in a multiplayer game? Does it add more personality to a game with rather bland sides? Does Tom cheat? How should Rob refer to his significant other? Where does Julian go […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 51 – Science and Technology
February 10th, 2010 · 33 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Troy is joined by Tom, Bruce and Rob as they counter December’s religion show with a talk about how strategy games treat science. How do you link technology to other game mechanics? Is there a risk of runaway games if you emphasize science too much? Dead ends, blind research, science of observation and whether you […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 50 – Designing Government and Debating Detail
February 1st, 2010 · 24 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Having not seen each other in weeks, Tom and Bruce giggle like schoolgirls reunited after summer break before getting into their usual sparring. Troy just tries to keep people on topic – futilely. The putative topic: How do you design a game that makes the management of a government as interesting as the issues of […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 49 – Strategy Games and Story Telling
January 26th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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 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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