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Viridian’s Video Blog - Powermonger

In this video blog I discuss Bullfrog’s Powermonger. I talk about what it did well and what it didn’t do so well, and why Peter seems obsessed with creating little people.

And if those don’t work, here’s the direct download link.

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4 Comments so far

  1. sol_hsa May 19th, 2007 10:34 am

    I had heard about powermonger but never got to try it.. and I think I’ve seen enough of it now =) Thanks.

  2. Viridian May 19th, 2007 10:47 am

    You’re welcome! Hi, I’m Viridian, I play crap games so you don’t have to!

    Nah, the truth is that I’ll never do a blog on a game I actively hate. But games that are flawed gems make excellent video blog fodder :)

  3. SteelGolem May 20th, 2007 11:17 am

    i love these things Viridian!

    i kinda see what you mean about doing it so we don’t have to, but i look at it more like: “i’ll never have ever heard of this game and most likely wouldn’t have tried it even if i had.”

    kinda like how i trust Mike and Jerry at Penny-Arcade or Scott at VG-Cats, your opinion seems to be more often the same as mine on things. granted, i know i’m not into Populous and i gave Black and White a shot and it wasn’t for me either… actually, i don’t like most of the games you’ve covered in your video blogs… where was i going with this again?

    i can still appreciate certain aspects of these games, though. i wouldn’t have gained any insight about any angle of these games if you hadn’t made any of these things. i look forward to your next vblog!

    actually, how many bullfrog games are there left to vblog about? i hope your wife isn’t jealous of peter ;)

  4. Viridian May 20th, 2007 11:39 am

    Hey! I’m not obsessed with Peter Molyneux! I just sometimes imagine him calling me up, begging me to come help him with his latest game because it’s such shite and I’m the only one who can possibly make it better…but that’s not obsession!

    And frankly, I thought Black & White was a terrible game. It was a very interesting world simulation and artificial intelligence demo, but it was a terrible game.

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