Posted by Derek Yu Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:22:00 GMT
I’ve been meaning to mention that the Gratuitous Space Battles beta is open for people who pre-order the game for $19.95. You can follow the development of the game at Cliffski’s blog.
I thought this was neat:
Posted by Derek Yu Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:37:00 GMT
Here’s a new preview trailer of Positech’s upcoming strategy game, Gratuitous Space Battles. Man, this looks so beautiful. But I can’t help but feel like the opening tagline, “Imagine tower-defense with space fleets,” is doing a bit of disservice to the concept…?
(Source: Steve Swink, via his Twitter)
Posted by Derek Yu Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:14:00 GMT
Cliff “cliffski” Harris certainly caused a stir recently when he went around the interwebs and asked software pirates why they, you know, do what they do. Harris, the developer behind Kudos, the Democracy games, and other “real life” sims, drew some interesting (if not necessarily epiphanic) conclusions from the hundreds of responses he received. Your mileage may vary.
Probably the best thing to come out of this is the resulting discussion of piracy and its roots, including a great (and slightly heated) thread on TIGForums. I’m also glad to see that Cliff is being so proactive about his troubles, going as far as to say:
That’s definitely the spirit!
(Image Source: NineInchNachosII, via Flickr)
