Show #1 - 06/19/2006

Online Gaming Podcast

Review of ZeldereX: Tick-based game Every 20 minutes you get more oil, money Economic and military Money buys stuff including military Military is used to attack and gain money Vast research options Improve troops Add offensive weapons, defensive weapons Improve income Lower cost of goods Nice clan structure Easy to recruit and spot teammates Needs improvement in the helping others aspect (being part of a clan doesn't seem to afford any protection or benefit) Basic military and attack setup Put your heroes in charge, put them in a vehicle and hit players close to you in rank. Building and upgrading Certain buildings are very important and others are not. Premium options Buying cash (which I hate!) Additional buildings and research options Review of AsoBrain: Games available: Settlers of Catan (Xplorers) SET! (Match!) Barricade (Roadblock) Carcassonne (Toulouse) Java-based Simple ranking system Active forums with Tournament details Uses ports 1981 - 1998, so firewalls may be an issue Normal long Java load time Online experience with AsoBrain: Carcassonne, I mean, Toulouse Played against two others Easy to play and score I didn't have any problem with setting it up or having fun Settlers of Catan A plethora of map setups Allows for a lot of replayability Easy to setup AI is ok at trading As good or better than the official Settlers of Catan by Microsoft Online experience with ZeldereX: Easy to play A lot of attacks Only way to really get ahead seems to be to purchase money