Classic Game Of The Week

The game blog Gamers with Jobs chooses MOO2 as Classic Game Of The Week:

[...]MOO2, as the game is affectionately known, rivaled, I dare say, Civilization itself as one of the defining turn-based strategy games of all time, and it is this week's Classic Game of the Week.

StarCraft 2 Rumor

A new South Korean source claims that, according to a leak, Blizzard will be announcing StarCraft 2 at the World Wide Invitational, on the 19th of May 2007.

Update May 19th: Confirmed!
And here we go:

After years of waiting, Blizzard Entertainment seconds ago announced that StarCraft 2 would be the new game! "Looks strikingly similar to SC1" according to IGN.

See also: http://www.starcraft2.com

Soren Johnsen joins EA Maxis to work on Spore

...Electronic Arts has confirmed the former lead designer of Civilization IV has quit his gig at Firaxis. Johnson has now returned to his old digs at Electronic Arts' Maxis studio and is working on the much-anticipated evolution-to-civilization sim Spore.

Spore's Civilization Phase is therefore directly tuned up by the lead dev of Civ4. Could they now hire Steve Barcia or Ken Burd for the Space Phase? Pleeeeeaaaase!

Re: Master of Orion 2 Intro Cinematic

A video response to the Master of Orion 2 Intro Cinematic:



...and here the next MOO2 influenced generation, making fun of....hmmm what exactly?! ;)



Finally scored:

RAMDiskXP and 4X Comparison

There has been increased activity on Matthew's game blog in the recent weeks. You should check out his RamDiskXP guide. Furthermore he found a detailed 4X Comparison of Galactic Civilizations 2, Sword of the Stars and Space Empires V.