Friday Foxer #233
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
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Sod Minecraft, Warcraft, and Roadcraft, we need Cushioncraft
Yesterday I ticked another vehicle off my transport bucket list: hovercraft. Inevitably, while being whisked across the Solent by a descendant of Christopher Cockerell’s SR.N1, my mind turned to the question of why these marvelous machines still lack a serious dedicated PC sim.
Panzer III (Three new tank games trundling in our direction)
As strong, original tank sim names are hard to come by nowadays, and many of Spearhead 2’s potential customers probably won’t be old enough to remember that Spearhead 1 wasn’t up to much, perhaps MicroProse’s latest choice of title isn’t as questionable as it first appears.
Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
Return to Riesberg (Remembering the very first Combat Mission demo)
For many, the love affair with Combat Mission began with Chance Encounter and Valley of Trouble, the astonishingly replayable CMBO demo scenarios that showcased Big Time Software’s brave new world of 3D WeGo wargaming so well. It’s easy to forget that this genre-jolting trial had a predecessor.
Friday Foxer #232
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a whizz at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not lend a hand.
ViewApp brass-off mousey bus simmers
If Tally-Ho Corner had a hall of shame ViewApp would be its most recent inductee. Yesterday the Viennese studio behind City Transport Simulator released the omnibus component of its latest sim either not realising or not caring that many early adopters would instinctively strafe a mouse on pulling away from the kerb or entering a corner for the first time.
Master of Command executes a pleasing pivot
By switching to a 1:1 venue scale, thoughtfully redesigning terrain visuals, and enabling almost-ground-level spectating, Armchair History Interactive send out a very clear signal to serious PC wargamers. Anyone who has enjoyed Ultimate General and Take Command/Scourge of War in the past, may find the work-in-progress previously known as both Master of Command: Prussian Glory and Master of Command: Seven Years’ War hard to resist when it releases later this year.