The Perfectly Sane Show Ep.564: Civil War and Loop de Loops
This week the guys taste beer, talk new games (Grand Tactician, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Diablo II Resurrected, Castlevania Advance, and Halo), before touching on some of the news of the…
Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado Review
It’s confession time: I nearly always play Europa Universalis as a European state. It’s hard not to. The era the game covers gives the European states a huge advantage. Europe…
Total War: Attila Review
I began my campaign as the Visigoths as a horde on the run. The Visigoths begin the campaign without a homeland, sitting amidst the cities of the most powerful empire…
Civilization: Beyond Earth- How Endless Legend Exceeded A Tired Franchise
Civilization: Beyond Earth was supposed to be the defining strategy game of 2014. The title marched in with all the cache of Sid Meier and a formula well defined and…
Europa Universalis IV: The Art of War Review
War. War never changes. That is, unless you pick up The Art of War expansion to Europa Universalis IV, in which case war has just changed a great deal. Paradox…
Alea Jacta Est Review
The recent couple of years have seen a glut of Roman themed strategy games. Total War: Rome 2, Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar and others have given us our…
Crusader Kings 2: Charlemagne Review
Crusader Kings 2 was released nearly three years ago. In the era of modern game, this is normally when you see a game put well to pasture. If it were…
Strategy Games Not to Miss: Fall 2014
The fall gaming season is that wonderful time of year when publishers release so many triple-A titles that you can’t possibly play them all. And yet, included in that deluge,…
Age of Wonders 3: Golden Realms Review
Strategy games have a certain reputation- stuff, buttoned-up, dry think-fests. People think they lack color in favor of complexity. Lighthearted humor tends to infrequently enter the equation. This is why…
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…