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HIstory of RTS Games

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ways-to-waste-weeks-on-end dept.

Spuggy writes "Gamespot has got an excellent article (in Two Parts) depicting the history of Real Time Strategy Games (From Dune II to the forthcoming Warcraft III and Emperor: Battle for Dune). They cover nearly every RTS release and categorize them by generation. The article even has a mention of the old Sega game Herzog Zwei, which was the first game to incorporate RTS elements." It's all about WC2 for me. What a game.

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  1. Re:Warcraft II by Cirvam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Um, except that Iago doesn't covet Othello's wife, he just wants to ruin him for passing him over for promotion and choosing Cassius (I think it is). That's why he goes on to turn Othello agenst his wife and his most loyal friend.

  2. Re:Warcraft II by Digitalia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your interpretation is so blasé, child. If you only look at Iago's motivation as petty revenge for not being chosen for a job, then you must have stopped reading after the first act. Throughout the whole of the play, Shakey makes it clear that Iago is envious of both Cassius and Desdemona because they are close to Othello. Consider Iago and Othello's embrace and the words they exchange during one scene, and also consider the stage directions in the final scene.

    That said, yes he doesn't covet Desdemona. I erred in using that word. He merely desires to be Desdemona (Or Cassius), not to have her.

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    Pax Digitalia
  3. Re:Warcraft II by Digitalia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's the Warcraft I equivalent of "Deck me out."

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    Pax Digitalia