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Entries Tagged as 'Three Moves Ahead'

Three Moves Ahead Episode 36 – Time to Catch Up

October 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

We try to make up some ground this week with a little chat about Panzer General: Allied Assault (via Julian), Eufloria (via Tom) and, our main topic, Tropico 3 (via me). When is a remake enough? Am I trust too critical of a game that I actually like parts of? Can you cautiously recommend a […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 35 – Brutal Legend

October 20th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Skip a night and the inmates take over the asylum. Tom and Julian decide to talk about Brutal Legend, especially its strategy components. Why is BL Tom’s favorite game of the year? Are there different strategies for the RTS component? Is it an RTS at all? Also, Bruce makes a cameo appearance in the intro. […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 34 – The EndWar show

October 13th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Design, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Ubisoft

Ubisoft’s Michael de Plater joins us for a fanboy grilling from Tom Chick. Why EndWar worked, its relative success and why Bruce never got to actually play EndWar for very long. Apologies in advance for Michael’s sound. His plug-in mic was not working for some reason so he talked to his laptop. Through a tin […]

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Three Moves Ahead 33 — A Lecture from Dr. Geryk

October 6th, 2009 · 26 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Sometimes Bruce misses a show he really needs to be on – like the one where we pronounced the death of the Dominions 3 game. This week, Dr. Geryk won’t give up and he makes a compelling argument along the way. Bruce admits to a new way of thinking about games, we talk about reviving […]

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Three Moves Ahead 32 – 45 minutes of cold open

September 29th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

So what do you do when your guest doesn’t show and your schedule for the rest of the week is shot to hell? You go ahead, press record and make it up as you go along. A beloved friend of the show is on his deathbed and no doctor is in sight to save it. […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 31 – The Majesty Show

September 22nd, 2009 · 13 Comments · Design, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

Majesty 2 becomes the starting point for a talk about the pluses and minuses of surrendering control. Troy, Tom and Bruce talk about the origins of Majesty, other games with the detached czar motif and whether or not the game is repetitive. Listen as Bruce schools Tom on the subtleties of his new favorite game […]

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