Three Moves Ahead 79: Victoria 2

Three Moves Ahead

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

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2010

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Rob Zacny's sound goes in and out, but when it works you can hear him, Troy and Julian talk about the latest grand strategy game from Paradox. Why does it make Julian angry? Do you have to force the politics to make them interesting? What does the game get right and wrong about the nineteenth century?A reminder about the upcoming question show and a preview of coming attractions. Rob's review at Gameshark

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0:00.0	You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, the official podcast of Flash of Steel.com.
0:05.6	This is episode number 79, and I am your host, Troy Goodfellow.
0:09.7	And with me today are my two regular panelists, two of my regular panelists, my most regular panelists, my most regular panelists, my standbys, freelance writer Julian Murdoch.
0:19.8	And he's full of rage. Yes, and not id rage. Uh, freelance writer Julian Murdoch. And he's full of rage.
0:22.3	Yes.
0:22.9	And not id rage.
0:24.5	No, no, not that kind of rage.
0:26.1	The strategic rage.
0:27.5	Strategic rage.
0:28.4	Yes, we're going to get to your rage in a bit.
0:30.1	And freelance writer Rob Zakeney.
0:32.3	Hey, everybody.
0:35.0	So what is angering Julian now?
0:37.9	What has him all a flutter and mad at the world?
0:42.2	He ran out of gin just before the show.
0:44.7	He never runs out of gin.
0:45.9	He has a big gin tree in the back with a tap on it.
0:51.5	It is this week's theme game.
0:54.0	It is Victoria 2, the epic 19th and early 20th century grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive, designed by Chris King, published by Paradox, a sequel to the first game I was ever paid to review.
1:09.8	Really?
1:10.8	Yeah, the first game was a special place in your heart. You're just giving it a review. Really? Yeah, the first of a special place in your heart.
1:12.8	You're just giving it a pass, right?
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