Category Archives: Retrospectives

Armageddon Empires: lessons from a five-year-old indie strategy game

  Two high-profile strategy games came out recently, Civilization V: Gods and Kings and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, and I might as well spoil my forthcoming reviews by saying I like both of them. Each offers incremental but … Continue reading

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Persona 3 Portable: The Retrospective Verdict

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Persona 3 Portable

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Persona 3 Portable    2006 was a big year for video games. That year, two of the current generation of consoles launched: the Playstation 3 and the Wii. The rival … Continue reading

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A game that could have been: Emperor of the Fading Suns

If I had a penny for every game set in outer space, I’d be writing this post from somewhere sunnier and sandier. How many first-person shooters have cast us as Angry McShootsalot, the space marine? And how many RPGs and … Continue reading

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