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Tag: populous

populous
GDC 2014

Peter Molyneux’s Career Is a Series of Desks

The venerable game designer of Populous and Fable explains how he went from indie to Microsoft, to indie again, and why. The story ...
By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014
Reviews

Populous

Peter Molyneux’s classic god-game Populous can be found at GOG for $5.99 Populous, for me, is one of those classics that I’d heard ...
By Stew Shearer Legacy AuthorFebruary 15, 2014
Reviews

The Sims Medieval Review

The ads and marketing for The Sims Medieval have presented it as an RPG fantasy derivative of its best-selling franchise, but the game ...
By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorMarch 29, 2011
Extra Punctuation

Molyneux’s Unfocused Innovation

At the risk of Extra Punctuation becoming some kind of regular vehicle for apologetic backtracking to soften the blows of particularly brutal Zero ...
By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorJanuary 25, 2011
Interviews

Representative of Gamers: Profile of Game Developer Turned Legislator

A former game developer is running for office as a Representative in the United States Congress and The Escapist sat down with him ...
By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2010
Reviews

Review: Populous DS

Looking down at the teeming masses of unwashed, ant-like peasants meandering around the rugged landscape building cities and waging war in my honor, ...
By Nathan Meunier Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009
The Great and Powerful

In The Beginning, There Was Populous

Old gods will stir and be appeased. They awake and shake off dust of ages, ready to tear the earth asunder and inspire ...
By Phil Harr Legacy AuthorOctober 21, 2008
Classical Studies

The Greatest Generation of Games

In the U.S., 1979 to 1982 are generally considered the “Golden Age” of gaming, the era when arcades dominated the American main street ...
By Max Steele Legacy AuthorAugust 23, 2005
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