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  • How X-COM: UFO Defence Was Nearly Canned

    How X-COM: UFO Defence Was Nearly Canned

    Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defence tells the story of the early years of legendary strategy game designer Julian Gollop and the making of the original X-COM, and is funding now on Kickstarter. In this excerpt from the book, MicroProse’s acquisition by Spectrum Holobyte places the game (known as UFO: Enemy…


  • The Sad Sorry Tale of Mr. Card Game

    The Sad Sorry Tale of Mr. Card Game

    Mr. Card Game is a loving homage, a novel deck-building game, a Kickstarter debacle, and a cautionary tale about crowdfunding. It’s also a story about me winning and losing a t-shirt (not the one I was wearing), and paying too much for the privilege.