Gaming trials, tribulations, observations, and revelations

30Jan Company of Warhammer: A Preview of Warhammer II, with references to the original series and Company of Heroes

I have long been a fan of the Warhammer 40k series of RTS games.  While I have never been much a fan of the original Warhammer game (the one with all of the little pewter figurines and rulebooks), the game’s foray into the world of real-time strategy has been, from the start, an enjoyable and […]

30Jan On RTS: Joy, Anger, Explosions, and the Vanishing Codes

One of my guilty pleasures has always been RTS games.  From the advent of M.A.X. many years ago (and happily recently rediscovered via gog.com), I’ve played, if not a comprehensive collection, at least some of the greatest hits of RTS gaming: Starcraft,  Command and Conquer,  Total Annihilation,  and Myth: The Fallen Lords, among others.  Of […]

06Jan Happy New Year! (and, unsurprisingly, more Fallout 3)

Let me just take a moment to wish you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2009!   I do apologize for having nothing new to post here during December, mainly because it was almost all more of the same – me being engrossed in playing (and modding) Fallout 3 to the general exclusion of other […]