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So, I’ve decided that this spring, after wrapping up the side projects I’ve picked up over the last year, I’m going to start work on a Civ-like strategy game.  (See…this is what happens when you deliver a sub-par product on a marquee franchise.  Who has two thumbs and thinks he can do better?)  It likely [...]

Got a bit of a backlog that I thought I’d clear out today. I kept forgetting to do these on Monday as I wanted to, so I’m going to drop the alliteration for now and just do ‘Mailbag’ posts here and there unless I start getting messages at greater volumes regularly. Hi, I read your [...]

A lot has been made on the largest Civ-centric forum (that I know of, at least) about Jon Shafer’s split from Firaxis. For fans of the series, this is kind of a big deal. If you need some backstory, here it is: Jon was the designer and project lead for Civilization V, and the Civ [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about this post for a while now, but more pressing subjects combined with a wonderful assortment of holiday-related time pits had prevented me.  I can’t remember how I stumbled on it or why, but it was immediately apparent that it needed a rebuttal. When I look at the potential market [...]

I’ve been a fan of Anthony Bourdain’s show since the first episode I saw, back a few years ago.  My wife always remarks that she finds it funny that I like his show, and Bourdain himself, so much.  We both chalk it up partially to that his personality is such a contrast to mine.  He [...]

Well, I think I just tapped out my luck for the rest of this year and well into the next.  Either that, or I had a massive karma surplus that I just cashed in on.  Either way, I’m proof positive that Google is indeed sending out Cr-48s to average citizens that submitted their information through [...]

The blog here has been silent for a bit; most of my spare time has been nomnomed by the Starcraft Showdown project we kicked off at TGBF this week.  I’ve embedded our first four episodes below; your thoughts are appreciated.  We’re airing the final night of round-robin play tonight and the championship match is tomorrow, [...]

I’m sure this looked great on paper. And kudos to Riot Games for attempting it – a game developer who seems to have an understanding of the value of spectatorship (or at least hired someone who does), as this looks to have been produced ‘in house.’ But they really should have done a test run [...]