Friday Foxer #228
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.
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“I’m not driven by a profit motive” – Gregory Adam Scott on money, martial fatigue, and museum visits
Five years ago today, Early Access Armoured Commander 2 hit Steam. Part-time developer, full -time academic, Gregory Adam Scott promised “over a year of planned additions and updates” in his first post-launch communique. What he and his customers didn’t know back then was that enhancements and expansions would still be arriving in 2025. In the following interview, Gregory explains why AC2 fans have had it so good for so long, and drops some intriguing hints about his next project.
Sling your hook, Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2
Too eager to please and blighted by buggy reflections, so-so scenery, and flawed cameras, Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2’s stay on the THC toe-warmer was mayfly brief. Within ninety minutes of making my first cast, I’d had enough and was reinstalling its superior predecessor.
Angling for an armour sim angst alleviator
Tank Squad missions can be pretty intense. When you’re not scanning scenery for dialed-in AT guns, trading AP rounds with T-34s and KV-1s, or attempting to evade mortar barrages, you’re often dealing with aggressive enemy infantry, directing your own dismounts, or calling in arty and air strikes. It’s generally great fun, but I think I’m going to need to partner TS with a good wind-down game in order to keep ersatz battle fatigue at bay.
Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
Win action-packed Panzer sim Tank Squad
I spent yesterday evening in the company of Steam’s youngest armour game and during three hours of exciting Eastern Front action managed to engineer the downfall of numerous Tigers and Panzer IVs. If simcade Tank Squad was a T-34 or KV-1 sim, this trail of destruction would have been a source of considerable pride. As the game is played from an exclusively Axis perspective, you’ll understand why I tramped off to bed somewhat red-faced.
Friday Foxer #227
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.
VE Day freebie
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE day, 1CGS is giving away IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad’s first DLC and price slashing (-80%) the numerous add-ons that followed it. Available for nowt for the next 38 hours through il2sturmovik.com, Battle of Moscow comes with eight steeds, the rangiest of which is the Ju 88 A-4, the dinkiest/dumpiest, the I-16.