Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’

#811 Auditorium

Posted: 7th March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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222nd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Cipher Prime Slightly more tenuous as an internet link, Auditorium is available for download on Steam, iOS and other places. It started out as a flash game though, and the demo is still available as such. For the reason why this matters, […]

#899 Demigod

Posted: 11th February 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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216th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: Stardock Okay, I can not believe it took me this long to play this game. I have always been a sucker for games that tap into the world of mythology. Whether it be God of War, Okami or […]

#808 Carcassonne

Posted: 6th January 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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207th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Sierra Online Publisher: Sierra Online Time to engage long-winded story. Carcassonne reminds me of the first time Jeroen and myself spent Christmas as a couple… with my mother. It is a tradition in this household to play Trivial Pursuit at Christmas […]

#281 Worms

Posted: 5th December 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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199th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Team17 Publisher: Ocean Software Show me someone who had a PC between the years 1995-2001 and you will have someone that has played Worms or at least one of the franchise. It’s going to be pretty hard to write this since everyone […]

#886 Fieldrunners

Posted: 30th October 2012 by Mulholland in Games
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190th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Subatomic Studios Publisher: Subatomic Studios Game 200 really feels incredibly close now. I can’t quite believe that are now reaching that 20% or 1-in-5. The whole idea that in little under two years we have reached such a milestone. One type of […]

#47 Utopia

Posted: 19th August 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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172nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: Intellivision Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Mattel Publisher: Mattel The Intellivision is one of those consoles that is forgotten, from the ages of Atari, Amiga and ZX Spectrum. Back when everyone was creating consoles, Mattel jumped in as well and created the Intellivision. In a historical context this […]

#304 Civilization II

Posted: 26th July 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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165th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1996 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse There’s some games that, when they come up in our random selection, fill me with both anticipation and dread. We had a good time playing Civilization, but it took a long time… partially a ‘one more turn’ thing, partially […]

163rd played so far Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo We have been focusing a lot on arcade shoot ’em ups lately. Due to this we have really fallen behind on handheld games for the sheer reason that… well I don’t really know why to be perfectly honest […]

#297 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Posted: 14th July 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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162nd played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment While the Warcraft universe is mostly known these days for its MMORPG World of Warcraft, the series originated as a strategy game, putting the Orcs versus the Humans (as the subtitle of Warcraft 1 said). The first […]

#340 Dungeon Keeper

Posted: 25th May 2012 by Jeroen in Games
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150th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Bullfrog Publisher: Electronic Arts As we’ve mentioned before, for these landmark numbers for games we like to find a game that’s somewhat meaningful for us – we care about or such. For the 50’s Jeroen gets a ‘joy game’ whilst I take […]