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Posted: May 18th 2007 2:05PM Cutriss said

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This made me want to go install Space Empires IV again. This seems very much like the same game on steroids. I should play more 4X games.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 2:21PM (Unverified) said

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That's nothing.

When I was in college I was hooked on Empire (http://www.wolfpackempire.com/) for about three years. The most epic games used to take 2 - 3 months, and it was on 24/7. It was torture. But it also had some of the best gaming moments in my life ever.

Unsurprisingly my grades weren't really that great during that time.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 3:11PM chdude3 said

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This is an excellent game at an excellent price. Stardock should be commended for their lack of DRM or copy protection of any sort - and allowing you to play by default without the disc in the drive!

The benefits of the Dark Avatar expansion are also well worth it.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 3:15PM rodan32 said

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Oh, hell yes. This is one of the best games ever, and the article is hilarious.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 3:25PM (Unverified) said

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The USS You Are All So Boned is one of the greatest ship names in history.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 3:30PM (Unverified) said

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that was a damned good read. im getting this game. it will the first game of its type ill attempt to play but it sounds too cool to pass up. thx for the tip!
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Posted: May 18th 2007 4:34PM (Unverified) said

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I need to pick this game up. Today.
This could be the end of my social life for the next year.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 5:07PM (Unverified) said

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Well, darn. Now I've got to buy the game.

Damn you, Tom Francis!
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Posted: May 18th 2007 5:48PM (Unverified) said

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After reading Tom Francis' article earlier today, I do believe I would like to play Galactic Civilizations II. I have seen the game on the shelf at Fry's Electronics, but the box did not arouse in me nearly the interest that Tom's article has.

I have to agree that "You Are All So Boned" is a great name for a ship. I suspect the various names he said he could not print were probably pretty funny too.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 10:11PM (Unverified) said

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I really love these types of games, (4x, civ, etc.) especially after hearing or reading someone else's account or their experience. These games just seem to have an amazing flow and ability to create powerful stories.

The problem? I'm stupid. I just can't seem to learn a game well enough to wrap my head around all the different variables required.

I guess I'll stick to reading about other people's experiences, as I'm unable to create anything similar on my own.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 10:15PM (Unverified) said

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The article only seems long because the text column is way too skinny. Am I the only person who can read a line of text that is an appreciable percentage of my screen width?

I'm going to go read it now.
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Posted: May 18th 2007 11:38PM (Unverified) said

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OK, I just returned home with the Gold Edition in hand. I would not have bought this game today if not for that article. Funny.

"syco", there are reasons newspapers do not print their articles in columns the widths of their entire pages and why even many textbooks break their text into columns and my twenty-inch Cinema Display—the smallest one Apple makes (yes, I currently have an Apple display connected to a Windows system)—is rather wider than either. I like columns of reasonable width; they do not require as much eye-tracking or head-turning across their pages, they seem to make it less likely that I will lose my place, and I seem to read them faster. If you prefer longer lines of text, though, you can disable page styles or apply your own style sheet to override a page's defaults.
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Posted: May 19th 2007 12:14AM Kerber said

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Wow. Awesome.
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Posted: May 19th 2007 9:56AM (Unverified) said

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Not to take away from the fantastic GalCivII, but that link to the eyetracking article was awesome. Especially this picture:
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/1300/image7.gif
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Posted: May 19th 2007 7:43PM (Unverified) said

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"I suspect the various names he said he could not print were probably pretty funny too."

As usual when I stop myself from swearing in something for PC Gamer (we have no strict policy but like to keep it to a minimum), the non-profane alternative came out better.

If you really want a laugh, read the story of Graham Smith trying to have sex in Second Life. And being unable to buy a working penis.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163623&skip=yes
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Posted: May 20th 2007 3:10PM Andir said

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@Viridium: StarDock is DRM. You can't copy the game to another PC (IE your laptop) and play it without having to reconnect to the server to re-register your game. They still claim that's not Digital Rights (Restriction), but it clearly is.
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