So, I've been trying to beat Psychonauts* recently, instead of rocking some Revolution Under Siege, which was originally going to be the topic of a post. This is mostly because Revolution Under Siege, despite being a fascinating turn-based wargame in which I can order Trotsky around like a good little academic Pinko, is basically impossible to understand. I exaggerate, but only slightly. I think I've just about got the first real scenario figured out*, but I find it extremely non-intuitive, thanks mostly to the fact that there's a LOT of weird stuff going on that only makes sense if you read all the political updates, and then THINK about them, and sometimes I'm bad about thinking**.
Speaking of being bad about thinking, this post is the nexus of several observations:
1)I'm having a hard time bringing myself to play a lot of hard-core strategy games, instead, opting for the simple pleasures of Minecraft or Psychonauts
2)It's (much much) harder to write up a game of Dominions than a game of BSG, and, moreover, a game of Dominions is a lot less fufilling than a game of BSG
3) I am sick to death of Operation Barbarossa. Also- Operation Barbarossa is everywhere.
The link that ties these three threads together? The problems of the dramatic arc of the strategy game. We'll take a look at how strategy games can actually have a narrative arc below the jump, true believer!
Speaking of being bad about thinking, this post is the nexus of several observations:
1)I'm having a hard time bringing myself to play a lot of hard-core strategy games, instead, opting for the simple pleasures of Minecraft or Psychonauts
2)It's (much much) harder to write up a game of Dominions than a game of BSG, and, moreover, a game of Dominions is a lot less fufilling than a game of BSG
3) I am sick to death of Operation Barbarossa. Also- Operation Barbarossa is everywhere.
The link that ties these three threads together? The problems of the dramatic arc of the strategy game. We'll take a look at how strategy games can actually have a narrative arc below the jump, true believer!
