Three Moves Ahead 574: Victoria 3

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

Strategy, Games & Hobbies, War, Strategy Games, Games, War Games, Video Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

The long-awaited steel and steam macroeconomics simulator from Paradox has finally graced us with its presence, and we've assembled a League of Extraordinary Lady and Gentlemen to discuss it. Len and Jon are joined by Kotaku's Luke Plunkett, PCGamesN's Ian Boudreau, and our good friend from UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Bret Devereaux to analyze this absolute behemoth of a game from every angle. Hold on tight and keep your arms and legs completely inside the podcast. We're about to leave the station for an epic episode.

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0:00.0	Good evening. You're listening to Three Moves
0:02.0	Ahead. I am Len. I am your host for this week.
0:05.4	Representing the landowners because I have all the power right now and everyone will
0:09.8	quickly try to take it away for me as soon as we bring up any topic related to this game.
0:15.0	We also have representing the rural folk, 3MAs composting and brush removal advisor, John
0:20.5	Bolding.
0:21.2	Good morning.
0:22.4	None of us vote.
0:24.9	For the armed forces by default as the only person on this panel with any actual military
0:30.2	experience, so we're probably screwed.
0:32.8	We have PC games ins Ian Boudreau.
0:36.4	That's, that's right.
0:37.3	That's me. I forgot.
0:39.8	Right. How's it going, everybody?
0:43.3	From the Petit Pougeoisie, the ones who are always unsatisfied, no matter what you do,
0:48.2	we have Kotaku's Luke Plunkett.
0:50.4	Good evening, everybody. It's a beautiful way of summing it up to, thank you.
0:56.0	And from the intelligentsia, 3MAs official, unofficial, academic consultant, UNC
1:01.9	Chapel Hills, Dr. Brett Devereaux.
1:04.1	Hey, good to be here.
1:06.6	And if you hadn't already guessed, we are talking about at last Victoria 3, the most recent
1:14.4	grand strategy game from Paradox development studio covering the tumultuous century from 1836
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