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Developer Diary | Project… Splatterfield?

Posted at: 04:21 on 8 November 2012.
Updated at: 22:15 on 3 September 2014.

I continue mulling over a new game idea.

Developer Diary | What about a Minecraft / X-COM hybrid?

Posted at: 04:40 on 6 November 2012.

What if a game combined the world creation/destruction elements of Minecraft with the turn-based tactics of X-COM?

Operation Morbid Shield 2, My problem with chrysalids continues

Posted at: 03:12 on 3 November 2012.
Updated at: 22:19 on 3 September 2014.

My first base assault ended in utter failure. But will my second be any more successful?

Operation Morbid Shield, how to wipe your entire squad in XCOM

Posted at: 01:54 on 2 November 2012.

Sometimes everything goes according to plan. And sometimes there are chrysalids.

Operation Patient Breath, how I suffered my first casualty in XCOM

Posted at: 14:08 on 13 October 2012.

My first casualty in XCOM: Enemy Unknown reinforced how powerful meaningful choices are in games.

Two weeks of roughing it

Posted at: 02:53 on 8 August 2012.

Having a puny laptop doesn’t stop a gamer like me from getting some serious gaming on!

$10 Tuesday | Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

Posted at: 11:11 on 28 June 2011.

The new version of Duels has fun game modes but is hindered by some poor design choices.

First-Person Shooter Tower Defense? Yeah, that’s how Sanctum rolls.

Posted at: 23:19 on 25 April 2011.

Sanctum combines the action of an FPS with the strategy of Tower Defense.

Duels of the Planeswalkers: Porting Magic to the PC… again

Posted at: 17:25 on 3 October 2010.
Updated at: 21:07 on 4 September 2014.

Good afternoon everyone, Happy October! Yes, it’s that time of the year again, when the leaves turn the color of orange, yellow and brown construction paper children make hand-turkeys out of. I woke up from a late-night Civilization 5 binge and had ate my Cheerio’s knock-off cereal, and felt the need to get some gaming […]

Civilization 5: Why must you suck away my life?

Posted at: 02:00 on 30 September 2010.
Updated at: 21:10 on 4 September 2014.

Hey all, It’s true: Civilization 5 has been released and my soul has been taken captive once again. I’ll be playing “just one more turn” into the wee hours of the morning this weekend for sure. Sid Meier’s Civilization 5 (known as “Civ 5” to the in-crowd) is the latest incarnation of Sid Meier’s Civilization […]

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