The online blog of Simon Halliday
The intended fantasy of a game can be pretty powerful. And sometimes that fantasy is something you didn't even know you wanted. I didn't always know that a game could make me feel like a powerful general, able to conquer their enemies with not just fast fingers but fast thinking. But in 1992, huddled around … Continue reading Dune II
'I selected all, I charged, I failed' is just one of the many maxims I've had to learn playing real time strategy games since my first foray in to them in the early nineties. We've progressed a bit in the last twenty years from the old C&C style of 'how many mammoth tanks can I build … Continue reading Rome II
It's been a long time coming, but finally there is a sequel to Jagged Alliance 2. And I say sequel, when really I mean re-imagining. Jagged Alliance - Back in Action takes you back to the island of Arulco where the evil Queen Deidranna has imposed her tyrannical dictatorship on the local populace and it's … Continue reading Jagged Alliance – Back in Action
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