I prefer playing games on consoles, as a rule of thumb. I’ve said this often enough, but to repeat the reason for it: I spend so much time working on PCs that I struggle to sit down and play games on them without something kicking in my brain and telling me I should be working instead. The advent of PC…
There was a brief period of time where the tower defence genre was a big deal and just about everyone was trying to get on board with it, right through to the biggest publishers. It’s easy to understand why – the games are relatively easy to develop, and it’s relatively…
Here’s a note for all developers out there: If you’re going to…
One of the more interesting announcements that occurred around Tokyo Game Show…
I prefer playing games on consoles, as a rule of thumb. I’ve said this often enough, but to repeat the reason for it: I spend so much time working on PCs that I struggle to sit down and play games on them without something kicking in my brain and telling…
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There was a brief period of time where the tower defence genre was a big deal and just about everyone was trying to get on board with it, right through to the biggest publishers. It’s easy to understand why – the games are relatively easy to develop, and it’s relatively…
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Here’s a note for all developers out there: If you’re going to locate your game in a period of history or legend, and especially if it’s one where there isn’t an abundance of choices, then make sure that you actually do something about that period of history or legend. Earlier…
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One of the more interesting announcements that occurred around Tokyo Game Show this year was that the next Romance of the Three Kingdoms would actually be a case of looking back: Rather than moving to Romance of the Three Kingdoms XV, as might have been expected, we’re instead getting a…
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With 16 titles across 40 years, there are very few properties that have had the kind of longevity that Koei Tecmo’s Nobunaga’s Ambition has enjoyed. While it might not be the world’s most popular and accessible strategy series – that goes to either Civilization or Total War – the commitment…
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We don’t hear as much about the Eastern Front during World War 2. This is, of course, largely because the heroes of the piece were Soviets. Anything that could be perceived as lionising the heroics of Soviets doesn’t play well with the West’s official propaganda line on what happened during…
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As anyone that follows me on Twitter knows, it’s not just that I just have an interest in politics, but I’m also quite certain that politics in the world is fundamentally broken. In most countries around the world, the political sphere is dominated by two or three neoliberal parties that…
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