The Many Careers in Gaming

I’ve been playing a lot of simulation games recently. You know the sort; ones where you manage things (Theme Hospital), ones where you create vast cultures (Civilisation III) and ones where you have to just generally beat some rivals up (Age of Mythology… well, it has fighting in it). I guess if I was to [...]

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Wed, July 28 2010 » Opinion Pieces » 1 Comment

Home Alone: Isolation in Harvest Moon

The Harvest Moon series is typically known as a farm simulator; a game in which you while away the hours ploughing fields, tending to and selling crops, and caring for your farmyard animals. The series has always meant a little more to me, however. Harvest Moon always seemed to display an idyllic community, far flung [...]

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Fri, April 2 2010 » Opinion Pieces » 3 Comments