Yesterday evening command of the Sabre-rattling 12th FBS squadron passed to Major Furnace Amberwick after Major Terence Torrance, my alter aero for much of the past week, failed to return from a bomber interception mission near Old Baldy. The fact…
According to Steam I’ve spent sixteen hours with Korea IL-2 so far. During that time I believe I’ve downed just three swept-wing interceptors. This meagre tally of MiG-15s and F-86s is partly a consequence of play choices (Much of my…
GenAIs such as Grok and Gemini are already perfectly capable of coding the vitals of computer wargames… the GUIs, the LoS systems, the AIs. How long will it be before they can spot promising untapped historical themes the way a…
To qualify for a Dusty But Trusty article, a game must be old enough to vote in Nicaragua, buy tobacco in Djibouti, and make the beast with two backs in Nepal. More importantly, it must be demonstrably super, smashing, great,…
A few telling moments from my fourteen-hours-and-counting BULT odyssey. Moment #1. It’s roughly three hours since I first set foot on the sim’s soggy Yakutian map. Yet to slay a single duck, I chance upon a promising pond in the…
“Train Sim World, Train Simulator Classic, Diesel Railcar Simulator, Derail Valley, Railroader, SimRail… when it comes to rail sims, my polystyrene Travellers Fare cup already runneth over. Do I really need another one of the blessed things?”. This heretical thought…
As Sherman Commander releases tomorrow, has had almost no attention on THC, and has done a grand job of enhancing my evenings this week, I reckon it deserves Cornering, sabbatical or no sabbatical.
A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with…
Thanks to the magic of PC gaming, although I’ve not left England this week most of my evenings have been spent North of the Border. Read on for fulsome praise of two Scotland-steeped playthings, and faint praise of a third.
Want to turn a green lane into a brown lane, tow a Gulaschkanone across a snowy field, or roam the Western Desert trashing Axis airfields? Get a 4×4. Want quick introductions to games of interest to realism relishers and old…
A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with…
Want to turn a green lane into a brown lane, tow a Gulaschkanone across a snowy field, or roam the Western Desert trashing Axis airfields? Get a 4×4. Want quick introductions to games of interest to realism relishers and old…