If losing consistently and painfully is a virtue, consider Buffalo the holy land. Buffalo has it all: crushed hopes and dreams, extended periods of consistent losing, chronic mismanagement and fat shirtless guys with bad facial hair. For those of … [Continue reading]
Byzantine Empire in Europa Universalis, part 2
September 17, 2009 By
I bribed a couple of Cardinals to take control of the Papacy. What can I say, I have a Pope fetish. First order of business was declare a Crusade against the Ottomans. I learned an important lesson while playing my dearly beloved (yet cowardly) … [Continue reading]
Byzantine Empire in Europa Universalis, part 1
September 14, 2009 By
Preamble: I enjoy grand strategy games, particularly historical ones, but I don't pretend to be a great player of them (see my Portugal campaign). I have my inspired moments as well as my bad. I sometimes like to modify a game file or two to reflect … [Continue reading]
Football Mogul 2010 kicks off the season
September 13, 2009 By
I've logged more hours in the Football Mogul franchise than in Madden. … [Continue reading]
McAwesome on SBR radio
September 11, 2009 By
I appeared on Jeckles' legendary Shitty Blog Radio show last night to discuss extremely important topics, including who is the greatest Jedi. Mostly I learned that I talk way too fast. … [Continue reading]
Brett Favre: The Game
August 21, 2009 By
I wish they had a Brett Favre mini-game in Madden Football. Or at least an old BASIC game on the Commodore 64. Sorta like a Zork clone. I imagine this would be the typical game experience. LOAD BRETT FAVRE GAME RUN It’s the Brett Favre … [Continue reading]
Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 3
August 17, 2009 By
"Onward, cowards!" General Poltroon cried. Portuguese soldiers, decorated in chicken feathers and yellow shields, charged into the open plains of Mali, long deserted by real heroes who were fighting a civil war to the west. "Let's go east!" sounded … [Continue reading]
Forum update
August 16, 2009 By
I'm updating the forum. If for any reason you can't log in (or if I screw up and the forum is fubared), either email me (dave at this domain) or leave a comment at here. … [Continue reading]
Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 2
August 15, 2009 By
Time to set out. I loaded one fleet and sailed them west to the New World. Ahem, I said I loaded troops onto a fleet and...what a bunch of laggards. Are they lazy, cowardly or both? I'd forgotten that loading troops on ships in Europa Universalis is … [Continue reading]
Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 1
August 14, 2009 By
I don't know why I like to chronicle dumb tales played out in historical strategy games, but I do. It started with a Spanish Empire campaign in Medieval: Total War 2. Please don't contact me about how such and such would never have happened in real … [Continue reading]
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