Three Moves Ahead 51: Science and Technology - a podcast by Idle Thumbs

Troy is joined by Tom, Bruce and Rob as they counter December’s religion show with a talk about how strategy games treat science. How do you link technology to other game mechanics? Is there a risk of runaway games if you emphasize science too much? Dead ends, blind research, science of observation and whether you can actually have hard science in a strategy game.
And Bruce replies to comments about his thoughts onHearts of Iron 3’sinfantry weapon research model.Heisenberg’s War: The Secret History Of The German BombThree Moves Ahead Episode 20 on The Snowball Effect in Game DesignTom and Miriam Sitting in a Tree(Wayback Machine – very slow)

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