Stellaris Review
The war against the Finu Confederated Provinces was not going well. Their declaration of war against my ally, the Jabbarid Stellar Commonwealth, had taken me off guard. My fleets were…
Spacecom Review
I play many, many of highly-complex, over-involved strategy games. I find them immensely entertaining. Yet, though I enjoy multiplayer games, I almost always play strategy games alone. Such games tend…
Spacecom Hands-On Preview
Spacecom surprised me. Space 4X games as a genre tend to be intimidating in complexity, to the extent that a certain other writer from this site tends to shut his…
Doing It Right: Fallen Enchantress
“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” It’s a great motto for a 12 year old learning to play the piano, but in game development, not succeeding…
Civilization V: Brave New World Review
Civilization is about more than conquest. I’d like to think so, anyway. If all humanity has to offer is war and death, we might as well give up the ghost…
Ex Post Facto: Endless Space
Twenty years ago, a review was the definitive word on a game. All versions were final: what you put in your console or booted up on your PC at launch…