Age of Empires 1: The Rise of Rome: Macedonia In 1998 my job was to do the Rise of Rome expansion for Age of Empire. My idea was that it would feature Rome, and three enemies of Rome - one from its early days, one from when it was flexing its muscles (Carthage), and one from
As long as their main unit (the hoplite) was slow and unwieldy, I thought that siege made a good accompaniment, so siege units cost only 50%. I didn't let them have catapults though - they could have cheap siege, but not good siege. In a sense I was prefiguring the Iroquois who,
So ... the Big Controversy. It turns out that the NAME of Macedonia was a hot topic in Greece. Greece has a province named Macedonia, which borders on the nation Macedonia, and apparently Greeks are worried this is some kind of land grab on the part of Macedonia (the poorest and
@SandyofCthulhu I still think it'd be a good idea if you raise funds from Roman Empire-obsessed a16z to buy the rights for AoE and re-make it.
@SandyofCthulhu You did an amazing job on Rise of Rome. It's clear how much thought went into each civ. Then as a kid, I figured Carthage should've been the brute force powerhouse with their elephants and Hannibal's battlefield wins, while Rome got the economic bonuses for empire-building.
@SandyofCthulhu Samnites could also a nice choice as they fought hard on Romans, almost put the Latins to their knees, like the punics did. It is amazing how they overcome all and make one of the greatest empire of all times.
@SandyofCthulhu These are literally the coolest Twitter posts I've read since that thing where the llamas got out in a city.
@SandyofCthulhu If you had done Etruscans that would have been amazing but probably wouldn’t have sold as well tbh
@SandyofCthulhu I am pretty sure I have read this thread some time ago
@SandyofCthulhu @SandyofCthulhu your games shaped my childhood and, more importantly, taught me how to think. Crazy to read about all the crap you had to deal with back then with AoE and AoE2. You should totally write a book or make a documentary about it.
"It's strange. They seem to think the bugs are the bad guys. It's as if media literacy is a foreign concept to them."
"I don't understand. They seem to be posting pics and gifs of Homelander from The Boys, but in a positive light. Don't they know he's the bad guy?"
You can always tell when someone's under like 25 based on the fact they don't understand malls in any way.
>Purge illegals from voter rolls >Suddenly Dems are at a massive registration disadvantage Curiouser and curiouser.