{"id":93,"date":"2006-10-09T07:57:52","date_gmt":"2006-10-09T06:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackcompanystudios.co.uk\/blog\/user\/mrcranky\/93"},"modified":"2006-10-09T07:57:52","modified_gmt":"2006-10-09T06:57:52","slug":"manifesto-games-and-other-ramblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcompanystudios.co.uk\/blog\/manifesto-games-and-other-ramblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Manifesto Games and other ramblings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Costikyan announced the other week that the site is now &#8216;real&#8217; (i.e. bugs are now proper bugs, and not just beta flaws ;-)), so I&#8217;ll drop in a link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manifestogames.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manifestogames.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Manifesto Games (Steam Brigade)\" alt=\"Manifesto Games (Steam Brigade)\" src=\"\/files\/manifesto_steam_brigade.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been browsing the site, and found a bunch of games I want to try, which is surprising, given my cynical take on games these days. Not a lot of time to try though, so I think it may have to be relegated to the 30 minutes on the bus in the morning (I&#8217;m at Barco for a brief spell).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.introversion.co.uk\/defcon\/\">Defcon<\/a> (available through Steam) a bit &#8211; lovely classic game, simple concepts but which combine together to become radically complex when played. I can&#8217;t even begin to get my head round some of the strategies needed to be a good player, so I settle for massive early strikes which makes me think I&#8217;m doing well, only to be crushed mercilessly by the retaliatory strike. D&#8217;oh!<\/p>\n<p>Also got the <a href=\"http:\/\/battlefield2142.ea.com\/battlefield\/bf2142\/Default.aspx?lang=uk\">Battlefield 2142<\/a> demo yesterday for a quick blast &#8211; looks good, and a decent successor to Battlefield 2 (which has also sucked away some of my precious gaming time). I&#8217;ll probably pre-order it, although I&#8217;ve got to order a Wii first. Hopefully the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2006\/10\/05\/wii-production-exceeding-expectations\/\">rumours<\/a> of increased production rates are true and the queues for a console will be diminished. Big slap in the face to Microsoft and Sony if that&#8217;s true &#8211; normally the news is that production rates are less than hoped. I&#8217;ve given up bothering on Sony&#8217;s continuing stupid press releases and general fumbling of the ball, you can find that elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Randomly bumped into one of the few people I&#8217;d lost touch with since VIS on the bus last week &#8211; Jonny Dobson the director\/head of programmer\/etc. Still in the industry as an independent (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insurgentgames.com\/\">Insurgent Games<\/a> with Craig Hunter), keeping busy doing consulting work. Yay for a Edinburgh games success story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Costikyan announced the other week that the site is now &#8216;real&#8217; (i.e. bugs are now proper bugs, and not just beta flaws ;-)), so I&#8217;ll drop in a link here. 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