I saw on AoE3 Heaven this afternoon that a group of enterprising Age of Empires III fans had designed an expansion for the game–Napoleonic Era. New civilizations. New units. New maps. How could I not take a look? Thusly curious, I downloaded the install file. Napoleonic Era adds several new map types, some European, someContinue reading “On a Fan-Made Age of Empires Expansion”
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On a Brutal Battle
War is hell. The Rocky Mountains seemed an inviting location to set up a colony and dominate. I had, as my ally, Henry the Navigator and his Portugese settlers. Opposing me on the peaks beyond the valley were the French of Napoleon and the Spaniards of Queen Isabella. Resources on the snowy peaks were scarce.Continue reading “On a Brutal Battle”
On Gran Turismo: HD
Here’s another reason to dislike Sony and their PlayStation 3 plans: Gran Turismo: HD will cost players an arm and a leg to play. The current rage in online gaming is microtransactions. Because consoles–like the Xbox, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3–have hard drives and online capabilities, users can purchase content for their games and downloadContinue reading “On Gran Turismo: HD”
More on LEGO Star Wars II
I sat down today and played through several levels of LEGO Star Wars II. I have almost enough LEGO studs to purchase my save file from the first game. That’s a mite disappointing, that I have to buy something that’s already on my XBox’s hard drive, but that’s how the game is, so I justContinue reading “More on LEGO Star Wars II”
On Something Like D-Day, But Not D-Day
Last night, after watching House, I wanted to play a computer game. But what? Hmm, Age of Empires II seemed promising. I’ve given all of my real-time strategy love to its successor, Age of Empires III, so why not spend some time with some Age of Kings or The Conquerors? So, I fired up TheContinue reading “On Something Like D-Day, But Not D-Day”
On LEGO Star Wars II
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy came out today. You pick your system, it’s available for it. Xbox. 360. PlayStation 2. GameCube. GameBoy Advance. Nintendo DS. Sony PSP. You want it, you can play it. True, multi-platform goodness. Star Wars and LEGOs, the two universals. I picked one up today for the XBox. It’sContinue reading “On LEGO Star Wars II”
On a European PlayStation 3 Delay
Sony had intended for the PlayStation 3 to launch simultaneously on three continents in November. They have now scrapped those plans. The European launch of the PS3 has been pushed back to the spring of 2007. According to The Register, “The revision of the launch date is caused by the delay in the mass productionContinue reading “On a European PlayStation 3 Delay”
On Star Trek: Legacy
The new issue of Game Informer came in the mail yesterday, and inside was a one-page preview on this fall’s new Star Trek game, Legacy, for the PC and the XBox 360 coming from Bethesda Softworks. This isn’t the first preview Game Informer has done–several months ago they published a cover article on the game.Continue reading “On Star Trek: Legacy”
On PlayStation 3 Shortages
It should come as no surprise to anyone, but Sony’s PlayStation 3 will be in tight supply after its launch on November 17th. Why? Because Sony has yet to manufacture a single unit for consumer purchase. According to an article posted at the Register: Speaking to US website Gamespot, Sony Computer Entertainment America president KazContinue reading “On PlayStation 3 Shortages”
On Madden 2007
EA Sports is in the second year of their exclusive NFL video game license. To celebrate they are releasing Madden 2007: Hall of Fame Edition, a special limited edition for the PlayStation 2 and the XBox 360. EA is also releasing a Madden 2007 pay-per-view making-of special on August 4th. Cost of the pay-per-view? TwentyContinue reading “On Madden 2007”