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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Three moves ahead of Age of Empires Online
I had a great time hanging out with Rob Zacny and some dude named Soren Johnson — if that is his real name — on the latest episode of Three Moves Ahead. Neither of them took me up on my … Continue reading
Eagle Day: ground control to Major Tom
So many storylines run through the Battle of Britain that it’s hard to decide where to start. The evolution of airpower theory in the 1920′s and 1930′s. The secretive growth of the Luftwaffe after the Treaty of Versailles. The design … Continue reading
Hitting the big five-oh on Xbox Live
I could lie and say that I don’t really pay attention to my gamerscore on Xbox Live, and that one of the reasons I prefer playing games on my 360 instead of my PS3 isn’t because the achievements add to … Continue reading
Eagle Day: behind the Stone Curve
If you read my previous game diary about War in the East, you might be all ready for me to start playing Eagle Day and RAF, pull a few history books off the shelf, find some random paragraphs that support … Continue reading
Gamespotting: Breaking Bad, again
In the most blatant forward-looking videogame product placement (i.e. advertisement) since Aaron Eckhart fought aliens under a Resistance 3 billboard in Battle: Los Angeles, Breaking Bad went to bat for Bethesda this past weekend. The opening scene in the latest … Continue reading
Eagle Day: one more time with Churchill’s “few”
Leisure reading about history makes me want to play wargames. This is what makes wargamers “wargamers,” as has been definitively proven in at least one scholarly journal article somewhere. I’m sure of it. Michael Korda’s With Wings Like Eagles, a … Continue reading
August 29, 2011: wallet threat level football
Hey, look, it’s time for Madden 12! Unleash your inner Pele with this year’s football simulation game from Electronic Arts, the fine folks who brought you Monopoly Streets, Deathspank, and Army of Two. Am I little crazy to be looking … Continue reading
Gaming’s funniest joke: GameStop
The biggest joke in gaming is sadly not “Funny Ha Ha.” Lately, the uproar has been about GameStop opening copies of the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and removing coupons for a free copy on the OnLive system. … Continue reading
Qt3 Movie Podcast: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
This week it’s a two-fer! We talk Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011). What a difference 38 years make! Then, at the 1:16:00 mark, this week’s 3×3 is a discussion of … Continue reading
Qt3 Games Podcast: the Deus Ex Gamestop earthquake!
What do you do when there’s a bunch of assholes out there and they’re causing total problems in Danger City? You call Jason McMaster (possibly pictured). Providing back-up this week are Tom Chick, special guest Brad Grenz, and even a … Continue reading
Weekly Little Big Planet: good against the living
Confession time. That picture isn’t from LPB2. I have an inquiry in to the Screenshot Department of Weekly Little Big Planet, and I assure you that we will get to the bottom of this, because it is unacceptable. I’m told … Continue reading
DotA Who? Oh, DotA 2.
Last weekend was the end of the 1,000,000 dollar tournament that marks the official reveal of gameplay for Defense of the Ancients 2, or DotA 2 for short. Valve chose the tournament route to coincide with the large European games … Continue reading
Age of Empires Online takes bottom honors
I’ve been playing a fair bit of Command and Conquer: Generals lately. It actually holds up pretty well! Fast, easy, eminently asymmetrical, and full of personality. The interface isn’t even particularly terrible, even if there isn’t a panel at the … Continue reading
Qt3 Podcast: Spoofychop and Wizard Wars
You probably don’t know what Wizard Wars is. From that picture of the game above, taken by Keith (aka Spoofychop), it doesn’t look like much. But assuming your concept of computer RPGs predates the latest visual feast, and assuming you … Continue reading
Qt3 Movie Podcast: Conan the Barbarian 3D
Based on its box office performance, most people knew better than to see Conan the Barbarian 3D this weekend. We had no such luck. Speaking of wrecks, join us for this week’s 3×3 at the 58-minute mark, where we talk … Continue reading