Archive for May, 2008

Games That Matter

Jimmy Maher has some good things to say about wargames (and the good taste to cite a couple of posts here on ZOI) in his paper “Toward Games That Matter: The Promise and Problems of the Storygame,” read recently at the ELO’s Visionary …
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Wargames are not worthy to be classified as general gaming

Did you notice how there is a forum called “general gaming” and then a separate forum for “wargaming”? I thought wargames were general games. How does this blatant discrimination make you feel? I personally feel nothing about it.
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EVE Online to be offering new, free expansion soon

Reykjavik, Iceland - May 28, 2008 - CCP, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, has announced the features for the upcoming free expansion, EVE Online: Empyrean Age. Slated for a June 10 release, Empyrean Age brings an …
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Now Announcing: Tome of WAR Website

We plan on having the site on-line and operational by Day 1 of Open Beta. This will allow us to spend those weeks coding the Tome of WAR Client and in-game mods necessary to facilitate the website. Our goal is to have the website, …
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East India Company announcement

Haarlem, The Netherlands – May 29, 2008 – Leading computer software Publisher Lighthouse Interactive and developer Nitro Games today revealed the totally revamped website for their upcoming Real-time Strategy War-game East India Company …
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Friday link dump

14 Essential Windows Explorer Addons | BizzNtech; An overview of free turn-based strategy and war games Review & Download Link | freewaregenius.com; Bradicon! ComicRack.cyolito.com; Copy your files faster with TeraCopy …
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new computer woes

i bought a new mac computer yesterday and unfortunately Total War games only run on windows. Now i did talk to somebody at the store and new macs have boot camp which can install windows on my mac but i dont feel like paying over a …
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FREE GAMES Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Sabre Team

Wage war over the internet across 5 new terrains and 30 multiplayer game types via NovaWorld. Utilize an enhanced version of the Delta Force - Black Hawk Down engine with added mod support for building unique multiplayer battlefields …
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Ubisoft: Look good in War too? - Idealo Product News

Idealo Product News

Ubisoft: Look good in War too?Idealo Product News, UK -2 hours agoWar games automatically find themselves in a precarious situation. Pointless mass death becomes entertainment. When the major goal is portraying this …

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Digital Journal Mavericks: The Video Game Guru - DigitalJournal.com

DigitalJournal.com

Digital Journal Mavericks: The Video Game GuruDigitalJournal.com, Canada -45 minutes agoWe want to create war games that are as realistic as possible. DigitalJournal.com: Your competitors Electronic Arts and Activision are growing through …

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