Rub Some Dirt on It
Anyone that is not intimately familiar with failure is probably not anyone worth knowing. The failure need not be profound, but facing setbacks and the limitations of planning are part and parcel of...
View ArticleCrusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam – Family Matters
I’ll add the usual disclaimer that Paradox is a client of Evolve PR, though no one can really call into question my serious love for many of the studio’s design ambitions. The Sword of Islam expansion...
View ArticleGetting What’s Coming To You: The Humanity of Crusader Kings II
Shall I join with other nations in alliance? If allies are weak, am I not best alone? If allies are strong with power to protect me, Might they not protect me out of all I own? Is a danger to be...
View ArticleSome Thoughts On The Evils of Multiplayer
Hello, blog. Clearly I suck at promises, like one substantive post a week, but that’s because I am writing long essays to reframe the strategy game language space and then realize I wrote them...
View ArticleHeirs to Peter, Corrupters of Plans: The Pope as Game Mechanic
I did not expect to wake up a couple of weeks ago to the news that Pope Benedict XVI had announced his abdication. As of last week, His Holiness retired to a monastery and the cardinals now begin...
View ArticleCrusader Kings II Stream Tonight
While I fight with posts that are much longer than the number of people that will read them, I do want to keep one promise which is that I would stream a learning game of Crusader Kings II for people...
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