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Civilization: Beyond Earth: Going Beyond Theme – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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December 17th, 2014. Civilization: Beyond Earth: Going Beyond Theme. I never thought that Civilization’s theming mattered much, to be honest. I couldn’t have been more wrong. To explain why, we have to travel through the series in broad strokes. I IN THE BEGINNING: MECHANICS AND HISTORY. II INTO THE FUTURE. Alpha Centauri wants to ground the players in other aspects, as well. It presents the same high-level systems as Civilization: You research, you build. You explore, expand, exploit, exterminat...Units...

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About – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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The Gaming Intelligence Agency is a website about video games. Our focus is on long-form writing and analysis of interesting and unusual games. Is updated with interesting news several times a day. Our website is updated with original content every once in a while. Our comment moderation policy is: don’t be a jerk. We encourage you to contribute to the discussion! We discourage you from being a jerk. 1998-2002) has been archived. To reach us, please contact us on Twitter. Back to Top ↑. Back to Top ↑.

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Games – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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Bloodborne: The Authentic European Hellscape Vacation. April 6th, 2015. A space made for you to be in, that's not made for you. Axiom Verge: Empty Space. March 30th, 2015. What could any Other know of the Up-and-Out? What Other could look at the biting acid beauty of the stars. Dragon Age: Inquisition: Performance Review. December 19th, 2014. 10 out of 10 for fantasy, but minus several million for HR violations. Civilization: Beyond Earth: Going Beyond Theme. December 17th, 2014. December 15th, 2014.

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June 2015 – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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June 22nd, 2015. Back to Top ↑. June 22nd by Andrew Vestal. Bloodborne: The Authentic European Hellscape Vacation. April 6th by Aevee Bee. Axiom Verge: Empty Space. March 30th by Andrew Vestal. Dragon Age: Inquisition: Performance Review. December 19th by Doug Erickson. Civilization: Beyond Earth: Going Beyond Theme. December 17th by Stephen Tramer. 2015 Gaming Intelligence Agency LLC. Back to Top ↑.

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All Due Respect: Press F for Farce – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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November 3rd, 2014. All Due Respect: Press F for Farce. 1 Choice vs. No Choice. In Arkham City, the player is likely to come across Crime Alley, where Thomas and Martha Wayne were gunned down, by chance while exploring. The prompt is how the game signals to the player that this is, in fact, that infamous alley. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if the player decides to pay their respects or to keep on walking. The point has been made. What else would you do, blow a raspberry? Imagine this exact same scene re...

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Looking for Lucky Wander Boy – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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November 5th, 2014. By Jay Rachel Edidin. The pareidolia of D.B. Weiss’s 2003 novel Lucky Wander Boy. Is pervasive, compelling, contagious. My notes for this article assembled as I re-read the book for the first time in nearly a decade look like a text-only analogue to a pinboard out of A Beautiful Mind. Works with tangential thematic or structural connections to Lucky Wander Boy. Series, and the first person I met who had found Lucky Wander Boy. And originally suggested this article. The catch, of cours...

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The End – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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June 22nd, 2015. The Gaming Intelligence Agency is shutting down. Again. This is something worth broadcasting. The axiomatic belief that my voice is valuable, and that the thoughts I think are worth reading. Toward the end of the GIA, I was less interested in airing my own thoughts and more interested in soliciting articles from people whose perspectives you don’t hear from as much. Not all of those commissions panned out, but this ambition is what led to things like Aevee Bee’s Bloodborne review. A few ...

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Axiom Verge: Empty Space – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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March 30th, 2015. Axiom Verge: Empty Space. What could any Other know of the Up-and-Out? What Other could look at the biting acid beauty of the stars in open Space? What could they tell of the Great Pain, which started quietly in the marrow, like an ache, and proceeded by the fatigue and nausea of each separate nerve cell, brain cell, touchpoint in the body, until life itself became a terrible aching hunger for silence and for death? Cordwainer Smith, Scanners Live in Vain. That’s why games almost ...

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Blog – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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June 22nd, 2015. Bloodborne: The Authentic European Hellscape Vacation. April 6th, 2015. A space made for you to be in, that's not made for you. Read More. Axiom Verge: Empty Space. March 30th, 2015. What could any Other know of the Up-and-Out? What Other could look at the biting acid beauty of the stars in open Space? What could they tell of the Great Pain, which started quietly in the . Read More. Dragon Age: Inquisition: Performance Review. December 19th, 2014. December 17th, 2014. December 15th, 2014.

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Sample Page – Gaming Intelligence Agency

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This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:. I’m a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my blog. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like piña coladas. (And gettin’ caught in the rain.). 8230;or something like this:. Back to Top ↑.