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XCom: Enemy Unknown came out and there's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars on 3DS which is basically a handheld version of XCom: EU (It was made by some guys who did the very first X-Com). Then there's developer Firaxis who just released some strategy games on iOS like Sid Meier's Ace Patrol and Haunted Hollow. Then there's Skulls of the Shogun on XBLA this year which reminds me of Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen. Finally I started hearing rumors of a new Advance Wars coming to 3DS. So I think the genre is pretty healthy even though a FFT or TO sequel hasn't come out yet. That is disappointing, I agree.

Those graphics look really good. 

I guess there are dangers in either model. Creatives, funded by the public through Kickstarter, letting their dreams get ahead of resources and a reasonable time frame, or publishers limitting developers to a formula that worked before and setting up unrealistically fast development cycles. Maybe there's some fusion of a Kickstarter and Publisher funded project that might work?

I heard an interview with Bungie's community director and he emphasized the story in the game. This has me psyched because so far it looks just like a MMOFPS. I want to explore this world and learn its story. It's what I do.

I mentioned this to a friend of mine and he got it right away. I guess I'm the loser here.

There's few series other than Halo I can think of that have had as many good games that I've followed. Destroy All Humans was definitely one, but it lost me on it's third game Path of the Furon. It wasn't by Pandemic and had different voice work for Pox and Crypto. That kinda killed it for me. 

Wow. I'm gonna have to share this with a friend of mine. He'll get a kick out of it.

I'm getting better at that but buying is quick and gaming is long, sometimes so long. I get half way through a game and another one comes out. 

I don't get the reference. I'm sorry.

I was always keeping my eye on this game when I was out scouring Gamestops for used deals last console generation. I finally got a copy, but I haven't found the time to play it. I'm glad it's turn-based. That has me more interested in playing it now.

I just saw a TV ad (I think it was Comcast Xfinity or something) at the mall that offered everything Xbox One is going to have: internet, streaming movies, and voice and gesture controls. All this stuff on the Xbox One is just in the air right now and they want to keep up with what other companies are doing. That's the message I got out of it anyway.