Archive for June, 2010

Off Topic: US-Algeria Match at the World Cup

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593 days
by in General Rant

In case you missed it, the US pounded the Algerian goal for 90 minutes with little success (unless you want to count that perfectly valid goal that was disallowed for a bogus offsides call).  It wasn't until the 91st minute that the US caught the break it needed and got the goal it deserved.  If ...

“Making History II: The War of the World” goes on sale today

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594 days
by in General Rant

Making History II: The War of the World goes on sale today.  MHII is a Grand Strategy game set in the lead up to the Second World War.  The game includes the resource management of typical of Grand Strategy games, but also involves trade routes, culture, and espionage.  We'll see what we can do ...

Remembering the Fallen: My experience with loss in video games

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616 days
by in General Rant, PC, Strategy/RTS

Kotaku had a very good article regarding the emotional attachment that we feel (or don't) to characters in video games.  The gist of the argument, with the backdrop of Memorial Day*, was that video games very seldom allow you to make an emotional attachment to other characters in a game outside of the script.  However, ...

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