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Stardock will be at PAX
Stardock will have a booth at the Penny Arcade Expo ( PAX ) this weekend. Stop by and say hi if you're going to be there. There will be game demos to check out and various Stardock employees there to chat with. We'll also have an area where you can purchase some of our games. You could probably get them signed too, if you wanted. Should be a fun weekend. ~C
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Impulse - Phase II
Stardock is excited to announce that “phase two” of its digital download platform, Impulse, has begun and all updates, new games and software applications will soon be live. Phase two of Impulse sees new games from 2k ( Civilizations III, Shattered Union, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Sid Meier’s Railroads! ) and Tilted Mill’s Children of the Nile enhanced edition. New software applications include a host of Corel applications like WordPerfect Office X4, CorelDRAW ...
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Gaming Nexus Reviews The Political Machine
The folks over at GamingNexus.com took The Political Machine on a ride, and now you can read their take on it. The Political Machine 2008 gets a grade of a B- in their review. "I feel much the same about the 2008 outing—there’s a fun little game here, and while it won’t hold a coveted place on my hard drive, I’ll certainly give this a few more goes while the real general election is grinding on. For the bargain price, political aficionados and strategy gamers...
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Video Game Generation Reviews TPM!
Video Game Generation takes a look and gives their review of The Political Machine 2008. They give a pretty thorough review and walk through many of the scenarios found in The Political Machine. A quick excerpt: "One of my favorite parts of the game is the TV appearances. They have a60 Minutes knockoff, a show in the vein of the O’Reilly Factor orHardball, and a Stephen Colbert-styled show. My only quirk is thatthese media events don’t occur nearly enough. I&rsquo...
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PM2008 Version 1.04 Released!
Today the Political Machine team put the finishing touches on 1.04, an update that adds some new candidates to the fold (Gravel, Huckabee, and Kicinich), as well as a 'Simple Icon' mode that will add some pep to the game on slower machines. Users will also see a significant improvement in memory usage and a slew of new candidate peices to use when building your political avatar! Check out the link for more details!
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GamePro Gives The Political Machine 2008 4.5/5
Andrew Dagley over at GamePro.com reviewed The Political Machine 2008 recently and gave it a glowing 4.5/5 score. He talks at length about many options in the campaigns, and how issues and state political biases play out in the game. The Political Machine doesn't disappoint, offering an excellentimprovement over the last version released four years ago - but it'sultimately hamstrung by some nagging issues and the lack offull-fledged improvements. Be sure to read the full re...
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Softpedia's Political Machine 2008 Review
Softpedia has weighed in and given their review of The Political Machine 2008. It's a thorough review with a load of screenshoots as well. "Get this game. Try it out and see how you do in a simple match up. Readup on the Internet about all the things that you do not understand.Read CNN or major blogs for political news. Read statistical dataregarding the voting preferences of the white male population of Ohioand then look up information on by how many votes Al Gore lost theelect...
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GameStooge TPM Contest Winner Announced
The folks over at GameStooge.com were running a contest to win a copy of The Political Machine 2008. The contest was for anyone who submitted their own version of a campaign slogan. There were many entries and the winner with the best slogan was announced today! The winner was Damian G. and his winning slogan was... “I’m not running for just the Right or the Left. I’m running for theup, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, B, A, start.” C...
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GamePro gives The Political Machine 4.5/5
The reviews keep rolling in and the latest is from GamePro.com. They give The Political Machine a review and gave it 4.5 out of 5 and Editors Choice Award! "As it stands The Political Machine 2008 is a fine follow-up toStardock's earlier political gem. Though most games only last an hoursor two, the game offers enough to keep potential candidates coming backfrom just one more campaign. Political junkies will almost certainlyfind themselves sucked in, along with those who have only a sm...
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