Good evening. You're listening to Three Moves Ahead, the official podcast of Flash of Steel.com.

This is episode 87. I'm your host, Rob Zakeney, filling in for Troy Goodfellow.

With me tonight is Goose to My Maverick, Julian Rabbit Murdo.

How come I have to be Goose? That doesn't seem fair.

Goose guys. You can't be Maverick.

And the Ice Man relationship is way too homoerotic, so Goose it is.

Oh.

Hello.

Also joining us is freelance writer and blogger Raya Monique, aka Ashellia of Helmode.com.

Raya, welcome to the show.

Thanks.

It's good to be here.

So tonight we're getting a little bit speculative.

You have no idea how exhausting it is.

Talk about strategy every week.

So tonight, we're talking about features and innovations that we've observed in other genres

that we'd like to see popping up more in strategy games.

And, I mean, kind of what's put this topic on my mind lately is, because I got a console

earlier this year, I've started playing sports games again.

And one of the things that I've really enjoyed with games like F12010 or with NHL 11 is I really enjoy how customizable they are.

You can really tailor the experience to exactly the kind of game you want to play.

You know, you can adjust, you know, in the EA sports game, you have sliders that you can adjust

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