Archive: November 2014


Playing Machiavelli in the Middle East in “Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator” (November 17, 2014)

Conflict took the wrenching, intractable problems of the modern Middle East and turned them into a cracking little strategy game

Choreographing Armageddon in “Bravo Romeo Delta” (November 11, 2014)

A game that will give you a new appreciation for how absurd the whole idea of “limited nuclear war” really was

I ♥ Steelcase (November 7, 2014)

Since 96% of the Internet is people bitching about companies that gave them poor customer service, here’s a company that’s done right by me

In politics, the one thing you can’t run away from is yourself (November 5, 2014)

If your only message is to point at a mirror and say “that’s not me,” you come across as someone who’s either a liar or an idiot

An appreciation: “Command H.Q.” (November 4, 2014)

One of my favorite games of all time is sadly stuck in “abandonware” limbo: 1990’s “Command H.Q.”