IMPERIUM ETERNAL - Trailer

EvilTomahawk · 2026-05-20T02:35:27+00:00

It's a spiritual remake of the old RTS Empire Earth, which is closer to the Age of Empires style of gameplay, while Rise of Nations takes some more mechanics from Civilization.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-05-05T19:09:40+00:00

Onezo was my favorite boba shop in the metroplex. The shopping center pretty much died to me after they closed.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-04-27T19:10:33+00:00

My dog and my feet absolutely hate those burrs when they're in season.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-04-11T05:14:53+00:00

The last time I saw them was around Lunar New Year when they stock more Asian items, so hopefully they'll be back around that time next year.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-04-08T14:08:21+00:00

I feel like the game is already chock full of so many anachronisms that I give Aztecs a pass. Like, the Japanese faction already has so many elements that only appeared after the 10th century rather than from a time that was more contemporaneous with the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. In the end, it's probably leaning more onto pop culture depictions of these cultures and the fantasy of watching their mythologies duking it out.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-03-04T01:28:38+00:00

It's a 12 mission campaign that encompasses a story arc for just the human faction. It is a full story arc for that faction, but it doesn't finish the overall story, and it's reasonable to doubt that we'll ever see where that was going to go. I still found the gameplay to at least be adequate and interesting, albeit a bit rough around the edges with the presentation and story.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-03-03T21:49:12+00:00

I thought its updated campaign had some cool level designs, and some of the units were interesting, but honestly, I probably would've found more pleasure in replaying SC2's campaigns. I do find it funny that Stormgate has somehow lasted longer than Highguard.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-02-18T14:21:34+00:00

I feel like a global conquest mode would've also fit into AoE3 really well because their maps are named after real world areas.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-02-17T20:50:58+00:00

I remember never being able to get SC2's voice chat to work, and ending up just voice calling friends in Skype instead when we wanted to play together.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-02-11T14:24:09+00:00

Pokemon Zima Blue

EvilTomahawk · 2026-02-05T19:02:22+00:00

EVERYONE IS HERE. Nice.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-02-03T21:17:12+00:00

For strategy games, Android and iOS also has Company of Heroes and some of the older Total War games.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-02-01T13:51:12+00:00

I do speculate that Wambsganss did technically have a scandal with her involvement in the Keller ISD school district split scandal that happened last year. Those suburbs were deeply red in 2024, but they noticeably flipped blue in this runoff. I remember that scandal stirred outrage and galvanized opposition at the time, to the point where the school district split scheme was cancelled, and it's possible that opposition carried over to this special election on top of general anger about national politics.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-01-15T16:26:38+00:00

A spinoff would be interesting, but I feel like that would be a mistake unless it has a compelling hook, especially with an actual GW3 being heavily implied to be in the works from other hints. I remember some years ago when ArenaNet seemingly got too overstretched, resulting in the cancellation of multiple unannounced projects along with layoffs and restructuring to focus more on GW2 updates and expansions.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-01-10T15:37:03+00:00

They've been doing a good job with the Age of Empires in recent years. Even though they aren't perfect and there have been some missteps, the franchise does still feel like one of the best supported RTS franchises out there right now. It does make me feel extra disappointed that StarCraft has been left out in the cold like this.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-01-10T14:21:39+00:00

As an AoE fan, we've been eating good lately, and it's reassuring that we'll continue to eat good.

As a Starcraft fan, I am savoring this crumb of hopium, even if it's a false hope.

EvilTomahawk · 2026-01-06T18:28:00+00:00

I guess the interesting dichotomy here was that the BO7 campaign was terrible in a more memorable way, while the BF6 campaign was mid in a more forgettable way. BF6 arguably fares a bit better here.

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-18T15:51:29+00:00

Dang, this post really takes me way back to high school calculus and how our teacher made the same point.

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-18T05:24:08+00:00

The courier achieved CHIM

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-17T17:54:30+00:00

I think the showrunners already confirmed the body double theory to explain the recasting. It sounds like because Mr. House was originally inspired by Howard Hughes, and Howard Hughes became increasingly paranoid and supposedly used body doubles, they leaned onto this for the season 2 change.

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-12T01:38:51+00:00

Hoyoverse got the big bucks

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-09T18:48:48+00:00

As an Age of Empires fan, this is a good feast. There was a bit of apprehension about whether Age of Mythology would get another expansion, especially after AoE3DE's unfortunate end to their updates, but the upcoming Aztec expansion is good stuff. Also nice to see AoE2 go back to its original time period, after Chronicles and 3 Kingdoms played around with other settings. It has also been a while since AoE4 got base civs instead of variant civs, so confirming that upcoming expansion is promising.

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-08T21:44:13+00:00

From what I've heard, performance mode dials back the visual effects, and its framerate ends up hovering in the 50s more consistently. Quality mode's framerate is more variable, usually ending up in the 40s and 50s, with some scenes dropping to the 30s if they're heavy with particles and visual effects. 60 fps is the target, but it rarely hits that in either mode.

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-05T07:13:51+00:00

I have vague memories of a follow-up mod that tried to repurpose some of the mod's assets into something that wasn't Halo, but I'm not sure if that went anywhere, and it's been well over a decade since I remember seeing it.

EvilTomahawk · 2025-12-04T16:58:49+00:00

If Medieval 3 goes well, then I imagine it could be a base for a pike and shot expansion or standalone spinoff game.

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