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Three Moves Ahead 196: Grunt's Eye View
Rob is joined by Shawn Andrich, Evan Lahti, and Phill Cameron to talk about Planetside 2 and the past and future of the large-scale shooter. At what …
13 years, 9 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 195: Classic Game Analysis: Age of Mythology
Rob and Troy welcome freelancer John Peter Grant to the show to talk about one of the greatest real-time strategy games ever made - Ensemble's Age of…
13 years, 9 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 194: Checking In with Arcen
Last seen way back in Episode 37, Chris Park from Arcen Games returns to the show to talk to Troy, Michael Hermes and Shannon Quesnel about AI War: F…
13 years, 9 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 193: A Million Little Plastic Pieces
Rob Daviau joins Rob and Julian to talk about components, game enhancements, and theme. How does component quality factor in design decisions, and ho…
13 years, 9 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 192: Fallen Enchantress with Derek Paxton
Derek Paxton comes back to the show to talk with Tom, Rob, Bruce, and Troy about Fallen Enchantress, his massive revision of 2010's Elemental: War of…
13 years, 10 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 191: Return to Summoner's Rift
In a perhaps dangerously detailed discussion of League of Legends, Rob and Julian talk to Rhea "Ashelia" Monique and Julian Williams about the recent…
13 years, 10 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 190: Fatality!: The XCom Review Show
Dave Heron and Jon Shafer return to the show to talk about XCom: Enemy Unknown with Julian and Troy. They talk about the streamlining Firaxis has don…
13 years, 10 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 189: Through a Glass, Darkly
Klei's Nels Anderson and Firaxis' Scott Lewis join Rob and Troy to talk about fog of war and hidden information in game design. They talk about Mark …
13 years, 10 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 188: We Will Be Watching, Commander
Bruce and Rob welcome Jake Solomon, lead designer of Firaxis' new XCOM, and interrogate him mercilessly. Jake explains his design choices and the tra…
13 years, 11 months ago
Three Moves Ahead 187: Faster Than Light, Slower Than Death
Michael Hermes joins Rob, Troy, and Julian to talk about FTL. Why FTL understands why we like space, its lovely simplicity, and why unfairness is coo…
13 years, 11 months ago