Three Moves Ahead - Empire: Total War
I like Troy S. Goodfellow a lot - and not just because I respect him as a writer or because I think he’s a nice guy. He is one smart cookie when it comes to strategy games - and with the help of fellow Game Trust member Tom Chick and former Computer Games Magazine alum Bruce Geryk - his Three Moves Ahead podcast is the only game in town to dissect the genre to infinity. Beyond that, it is informative and interesting; you can actually learn things entertain yourself for an hour.
This week’s podcast almost exclusively deals with Empire: Total War and what the trio thinks about it as a game, what might work better from a design perspective and a bunch of posturing on other topics and games. You can check out the latest podcast at Flash of Steel. Even if strategy is not your favored genre, this podcast is entertaining.
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Writers Strike a Boon to Game Industry?
An interesting Associated Press article in The Salt Lake Tribune today points to the gains that game companies could feel as a result of the lack of new programming on TV because of the writers’ strike in Hollywood. The writers’ strike has sent a shockwave through Hollywood, leaving TV a wasteland of reruns and repeats.
But is there a silver lining to Tinseltown’’s storm cloud for the game industry? The AIAS thinks so:
If you”re a fan of network programming, maybe seeing another repeat of ”Pushing Daisies” or ”Cold Case” will inspire you to finish that level of ”Ratchet and Clank Future” instead, suggests Joseph Olin, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
The article goes on to talk about the relationship between the companies and writers in the interactive entertainment industry, past struggles for better wages and the stark differences between the two.
With viewers tuning out, there’’s a good chance that they will tune in to other forms of entertainment. Perhaps wishful thinking on the part of AIAS to some extent, but for those already in love with the current-generation platforms with fresh games from Christmas to consider, it’’s not that far-fetched of a scenario.
