jeremyosborne

"wanting to play" and feeling I need to "play a game because I invested too much time into it to quit" are all too common in games I play today. As I get older, I just have less and less time to play. I can only imagine how precious my free time will be after my wife gives birth to our first child in a couple of months. Last night I deleted Fallout Tactics from my computer because I had gotten to a point in the game where I realized that I had made bad choices, even though I thought I had mad

If I'm not careful, I'm going to ruin my reputation at work for being the curmudgeon, and they're going to start wondering why I don't have more motivational posters in my cubicle like "Persevere" and "Teamwork". That said, I love going on this adventure with you guys. I have so few adventures in my life anymore, and being a part of the Elemental experience is awesome. As I carve out spare time, I have a dream to make my own games on the side. I'll most likely never be as cool

Two weeks before the release of Elemental I bought the ultimate edition of Galactic Civilizations 2. I had played it a couple of years ago, but decided that with all of my anticipation for Elemental, I'd buy the game to sate me. Good lord, it wasn't the game I had played previously. In fact, it was awesomer. It was a well polished product, something well worth the wait for, and something that I wish I had experienced during the entire development process. What, pray tell, was so polis

Link to the save file plus the screen shot: http://www.box.net/shared/fmk0r8c75d

I didn't have a save game before what happened, so I'll list the steps from memory. I walked my little sovereign army into the territory of Ilyana, declaring war on him quite a few turns after starting research and trade treaties. The sovereign was standing outside his only city. A caravan was one or two move away from the city. I attached the city, killing the sovereign's lady friend (not sure if it was a bride or just an ally) and took over the c