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XCOM and the Art of Permanence

XCOM and the Art of Permanence

Caleb Johnson never wanted to be a soldier. He had other plans for his life. All of that changed when the aliens attacked, though. He couldn’t just leave the world to fend for itself. He had to do what he could to help. So he

XCOM: Enemy Within – Preview

XCOM: Enemy Within – Preview

When I was younger, my dad would delight in telling me how Napoleon, when being told of the virtues of a new General, would listen to their informed skills and attributes and then remark “That’s all well and good, but is he lucky?”. Napoleon…

Avoiding XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Avoiding XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Some time before the advent of HD, around 600 BC, a wise man by the name of Aesop mused “We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified” and, as tends to be the case where we dumb everything down as we ‘evolve’, this…