http://cheyne.net/blog/2009/06/lifes-too-short/ A minimalist blog, with a pretentious title, about strategy games. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://cheyne.net/blog/2009/06/lifes-too-short/comment-page-1/#comment-25995 Peter Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:03:38 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=387#comment-25995 I know that "why do I even like this hobby" feeling - usually after an unsatisfactory multiplayer experience. I have to agree that conflict games are usually a lot more fun 2-player. I know that “why do I even like this hobby” feeling – usually after an unsatisfactory multiplayer experience. I have to agree that conflict games are usually a lot more fun 2-player.

]]> http://cheyne.net/blog/2009/06/lifes-too-short/comment-page-1/#comment-25982 Iain Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:12:57 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=387#comment-25982 TI3 wound me up horribly. I was grumpy until at least Sunday lunchtime. Writing my last post was cathartic at least. TI3 wound me up horribly. I was grumpy until at least Sunday lunchtime. Writing my last post was cathartic at least.

]]> http://cheyne.net/blog/2009/06/lifes-too-short/comment-page-1/#comment-25981 Chris Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:05:40 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=387#comment-25981 Yeah, TI3 really irked me. I mean jeez, they weren't even *trying* to make a workable game, they were just throwing together all the standard bits of empire-building space games, plus maybe ripping off a little bit of Puerto Rico, with apparently no conception of how to make an actual game. What makes it so aggravating is that it's such a step backwards. Good games along these lines have been done so many times - Titan, Dune, Civilization, Successors, Revolution, even Risk - there really is no excuse for putting out such a half-baked, lame effort as TI3 anymore. Except that apparently people still buy them for some reason. Yeah, TI3 really irked me. I mean jeez, they weren’t even trying to make a workable game, they were just throwing together all the standard bits of empire-building space games, plus maybe ripping off a little bit of Puerto Rico, with apparently no conception of how to make an actual game. What makes it so aggravating is that it’s such a step backwards. Good games along these lines have been done so many times – Titan, Dune, Civilization, Successors, Revolution, even Risk – there really is no excuse for putting out such a half-baked, lame effort as TI3 anymore. Except that apparently people still buy them for some reason.

]]> http://cheyne.net/blog/2009/06/lifes-too-short/comment-page-1/#comment-25979 Joe Steadman Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:29:15 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/?p=387#comment-25979 Oh, the mighty Chris Farrell has spoken! Oh, the mighty Chris Farrell has spoken!

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