4xgamer.com

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:42 pm

Pinback's Endless Productions Inc. Presents:

4xgamer.com: Your one source for all the latest news in 4x gaming!

You get up in the morning. You WANT all the latest news in 4x gaming. But who has the time to go to ALL THOSE DIFFERENT WEBSITES?

[insert black & white clip of harried-looking housewife clicking away at a browser, shaking her head in frustration]

Well now, you don't have to! With 4xgamer you just click once, and all of the 4x gaming news of the day appears right on your desktop PC, laptop or mobile device!

[star-wipe to color clip of same housewife, sipping coffee, smiling and nodding at her monitor]

4xgamer - the website for today's 4x gamer!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:37 pm

Nice, but I'll only really visit if there's something wrong with the siteop. There's a rumor going round that he was a quadriplegic?

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:47 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Nice, but I'll only really visit if there's something wrong with the siteop. There's a rumor going round that he was a quadriplegic?

Why can't we just have nice things? This is why we can't have nice things.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:22 am

Ben and I did a real interview with a real person making a real 4x game:

http://4xgamer.com/2012/11/22/predestin ... ina-lauro/

Predestination has a Kickstarter and I don't mind posting the link to that, either:

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:45 pm

You say you want a weekend news nugget?? http://4xgamer.com/2012/11/24/weekend-news-nugget

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:55 pm

pinback wrote:
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Nice, but I'll only really visit if there's something wrong with the siteop. There's a rumor going round that he was a quadriplegic?
Why can't we just have nice things?

"Can't we all just get along?"
- Rodney King, bank robber and recipient of the "We treat you like a King" award from the LAPD.

Oh, while I'm here, what is the significance of '4x' gamer and what are '4x' games? I'll listen off-line.

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pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:20 pm

The four Xs stand for the four general phases of the game eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate:

1. eXplore: You generally begin in an unknown world/universe, and have to send out scouting units to figure out where you're at.

2. eXpand: Once you got a handle on that, you start broadening your scope of influence by building new cities/colonizing new planets, etc.

3. eXploit: With the resources gained from such expansion, you can research new technologies, increase production and efficiency, and of course build military units which you will then use to...

4. eXterminate: ...destroy everyone else and win the game.

Canonical entries in the 4X genre are:

Civilization
Master of Orion
Galactic Civilizations
Empire Deluxe
And on and on.

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:58 pm

pinback wrote:The four Xs stand for the four general phases of the game... eXplore: begin in an unknown world/universe, and send out scouts; eXpand: colonize new planets; eXploit: increase production and efficiency, and eXterminate: ...destroy everyone else...
Civilization
Master of Orion
Galactic Civilizations
Empire Deluxe

Sounds a lot like Trade Wars, too!

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:01 pm

Tdarcos wrote:
pinback wrote:The four Xs stand for the four general phases of the game... eXplore: begin in an unknown world/universe, and send out scouts; eXpand: colonize new planets; eXploit: increase production and efficiency, and eXterminate: ...destroy everyone else...
Civilization
Master of Orion
Galactic Civilizations
Empire Deluxe
Sounds a lot like Trade Wars, too!

Totally, dude!!

(Note to the rest of you: No, no it doesn't, not even remotely.)

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:18 pm

pinback wrote:
Tdarcos wrote:
pinback wrote:The four Xs stand for the four general phases of the game... eXplore: begin in an unknown world/universe, and send out scouts; eXpand: colonize new planets; eXploit: increase production and efficiency, and eXterminate: ...destroy everyone else...
Civilization
Master of Orion
Galactic Civilizations
Empire Deluxe
Sounds a lot like Trade Wars, too!
Totally, dude!!
(Note to the rest of you: No, no it doesn't, not even remotely.)

I didn't think so, but the comparison was so good I couldn't resist the joke.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:05 pm

Tdarcos wrote:
pinback wrote:
Tdarcos wrote: Sounds a lot like Trade Wars, too!
Totally, dude!!
(Note to the rest of you: No, no it doesn't, not even remotely.)
I didn't think so, but the comparison was so good I couldn't resist the joke.

Sorry, which joke?

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:22 am

Is Dune 2 considered to be a 4x game?

Someone recently converted it to flash. You can play it here in your browser for free.

http://dune.2.free.fr/Dune2_Play.html

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:29 pm

Dune 2 is considered the father of RTS. So not technically 4x, although one could make the case that RTS is just 4x sped way the hell up.

Very cool link, though.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:43 pm

4xgamer is good but I wish someone was blogging about Little Big Planet every day.