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Victoria II – The Verdict

Victoria II – The Verdict

The age of iron, steam and gunpowder! Of great games and nation building, peeling back the last curtains of the uncivilised world to shine with the glorious light of European enlightenment, while back home people and politicians forge national identities that stand into the modern day… That’s what the history books would have you believe. They were wrong. So very wrong. Nobody really got much done. They were too busy mopping up Jacobins every time they fell from the sky….

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Preview – Commander: Conquest of the Americas

Preview – Commander: Conquest of the Americas

For those who remember,  I condemned Nitro Games’ East India Company to a watery grave. It was characterless, drab and unwieldy. I’ve had a little hands-on with it’s successor, Commander : Conquest of the Americas to see if it improves on Nitro’s attempt at the early modern trade sim.

Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon – The Verdict

Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon – The Verdict

“The greatest king Europe has ever known” extolled the busy-bodying Theopompos of Chios in one of the more positive moments of his fragmentary and conflicted 58 book biopic of Phillip II of Macedon. Yet games, books and films alike generally relegate to the far less magnanimous footnote “(father of Alexander the Great)”. Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon seeks to readdress this gross understatement. You see, Alexander wouldn’t have been able to undertake his romp through Persia if Daddy hadn’t built the…

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No Paramour.

No Paramour.

Played Mass Effect 2 yet? If not, probably best not to read this if you take offense to some spoilers. Saren kills Dumbledore, if you’re wondering. Consider yourself warned.

Left 4 Dead 2 – The Verdict

Left 4 Dead 2 – The Verdict

Zombies. We get many zombie games these days. There’s so many approximations of storming the streets of Omaha during the early hours of Z-day out these days that it’s hard not wonder just what they’re all aiming at.

The Blackstone Sun – Special Issue!

The Blackstone Sun – Special Issue!

It’s just come in – it’s true. Our Awful Overlord; the Prince of Darkness, and the wielder of absolute power within our cursed realm has vacated the throne in mysterious circumstances. Quite where he has gone is beyond the knowledge of even his most inner circle.

Tropico 3 – The Verdict

Tropico 3 – The Verdict

What’s your favourite Castro moment? Mine’s Castro the weatherman. When a hurricane hits Cuba, Cubans can rest assured that Fiddy will hit the airwaves to guide them to safety, energetically waving his arms around and informing them when and where it’s going to hit.

Shattered Horizon – The Verdict

Shattered Horizon – The Verdict

It’s probably not to Shattered Horizon‘s advantage that us fleshy meat bags need a large space-time bending rock to get on with life. Because I guarantee your first hours will mostly be characterized by long, silent “noooooo”‘s as you spin off starfish style into space, whether thanks to more skill endowed astro-bastards, or your own sheer incompetence.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising – The Verdict

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising – The Verdict

Just what was Operation Flashpoint’s chief achievement? I suspect, everyone has a different answer. Was it the fact that every shot fired conformed to physical principles? Was it the careful attention to detail in bringing countless real world killing machines to the table?

Top 10 New Worlds – No. 9: Rapture

Top 10 New Worlds – No. 9: Rapture

“No Gods or Kings, Only Man” Andrew Ryan’s sneering visage impresses upon you from his bronzed effigy. From the outset, Bioshock’s city of Rapture is one of affirmed ideology. Rapture isn’t just a city under the sea. It’s a vision.