Tag: Star Ruler 2
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Episode #9: I’m a Mechanical Man
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A full house of 4X game fans discuss their favorite game mechanics from the 4X genre and get into the details of why they were so great.
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The Inglorious State Of 4X Games: An eXposition
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Greetings! If you haven’t listened to the 33rd Strategic Expanse – 4th Anniversary Hangout featuring all of the lesser (I’m jesting) eXplorminate staffers, then please stop reading this and go listen to that first. The rest of this little rant (thoughtful article?) will make a bit more sense with the…
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Strategic eXpanse #33 – 4th Anniversary Hangout Session!
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eXplorminate turned four years old! So Nate, Troy, Joshua and Mark had a some fun hanging out and talking about 4X and gaming in general. They had A LOT of fun, so much so, that some strong language made it on the podcast. Listeners, beware!!! Thank you for following us…
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What the 4X Genre Can Learn from War Games: An eXposition
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I have a confession to make: the “4X Renaissance” has felt more like the dark ages to me.. Whether it’s the feature creep, strange design decisions, or age old problems that continue to plague the genre, I’ve had a hard time getting into most of the big, recent releases. And…
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Weekly eXchange #196 – Roman Times…
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Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about At the Gates, Aggressors: Ancient Rome, Civilization VI, Eador: Imperium, Endless Legend, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, WH40k Gladius: Relics of War, Endless Space 2, Polaris…
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Weekly eXchange #195 – Messenger!
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Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Star Ruler 2, Endless Space 2, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, WH40k Gladius: Relics of War, Endless Legend, Aggressors: Ancient Rome and much much more. As well…
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2017 End of Year Statistical eXamination Part 2
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You can find part one of this article series and all associated charts HERE. eXplorminate is entering its fifth calendar year of existence, thus we now have four years of market data from our time to examine. It’s been a very exciting period for 4X. Some call it a Renaissance,…
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Nate Asked – Day 1
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Troy’s Reflection on the Last Year Nate asked the staff to write about games we wanted to play from the last year but couldn’t for whatever reason. I told him, there were no such games. For me, the last 12 months have been a bit of a hangover from the…
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The Core Mechanism Of 4X Part 1: An eXposition
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I recently got into a debate with my good friend and colleague Oliver on our internal eXplorminate forums about what is or isn’t a 4X game. The staff has these debates every now and then, usually sparked by a game that doesn’t exactly fit the pure 4X definition – games…
