{"id":19582,"date":"2018-02-28T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=19582"},"modified":"2018-03-07T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T22:27:23","slug":"games-for-windows-december-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/02\/28\/games-for-windows-december-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Games For Windows (December 2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Games.For_.Windows.December.2007-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Games.For_.Windows.December.2007-001-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"games-for-windows-december-2007-001\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FGames_For_Windows%2F2007-12&amp;twg_show=Games.For.Windows.December.2007-001.jpg\">Games For Windows &#8211; December 2007\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I look at this magazine it is hard to believe that this came out more than ten years ago. Games for Windows was really a short-lived magazine lasting less than a years and a half. Computer Gaming World became Games for Windows in December 2006. Fortunately the editorial content didn&#8217;t really change but the rebranding didn&#8217;t help. The December 2007 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editorial<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Leave it to this guy to punch holes in the cover story we all worked so hard on. The Top 10 is a &#8220;lie?&#8221; Thanks so much, jerk.<\/li>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; We love all our readers. Even the criminally insane ones. Especially the criminally insane ones.<\/li>\n<li><b>Start<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; What&#8217;s next for Command &amp; Conquer 3 and Europa Universalis? We&#8217;ve got the details &#8211; and an in-depth look at how text-based adventure games have evolved over the last three decades (hint: they&#8217;re far from dead).<\/li>\n<li><b>Reviews<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; It&#8217;s a good month for gaming, with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, and F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate. Then again, games like Clive Barker&#8217;s Jericho and Blazing Angels 2 aren&#8217;t so good.<\/li>\n<li><b>Extend<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; After a two-issue hiatus, armchair warmonger Brucy Geryk makes his triumphant return in this month&#8217;s installment of Tom vs. Bruce. And after that, we take a look at the depraved social makeup of a typically dysfunctional MMO guild.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tech<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Need new gaming gear? Read our buying guide and save yourself some money. Also, in this month&#8217;s Tech Tune-Up, learn the truth about antialiasing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Greenspeak<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Jeff has been fending off Valve&#8217;s amorous advances for years. This month, he becomes their bitch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feature<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Beyond the Box<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Valve Software headmaster Gabe Newell and his team open up about the development of The Orange Box&#8217;s Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. Plus: hidden Easter eggs!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cover Story<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Top Ten 2008<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Our second annual Top 10 feature takes a look at some of the games we&#8217;re most looking forward to in 2008 &#8211; plus a report card on how well our 2007 picks turned out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Source: Games For Windows &#8211; December 2007\u00a0 I look at this magazine it is hard to believe that this came out more than ten years ago. Games for Windows was really a short-lived magazine lasting less than a years and a half. Computer Gaming World became Games for Windows in December 2006. Fortunately the editorial content didn&#8217;t really change but the rebranding didn&#8217;t help. The December 2007 issue includes: Departments Editorial\u00a0&#8211; Leave it to this guy to punch holes in the cover story we all worked so hard on. The Top 10 is a &#8220;lie?&#8221; Thanks so much, jerk. Letters\u00a0&#8211; We love all our readers. Even the criminally insane ones. Especially the criminally insane ones. Start\u00a0&#8211; What&#8217;s next for Command &amp; Conquer 3 and Europa Universalis? We&#8217;ve got the details &#8211; and an in-depth look at how text-based adventure games have evolved over the last three decades (hint: they&#8217;re far from dead). Reviews\u00a0&#8211; It&#8217;s a good month for gaming, with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, and F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate. Then again, games like Clive Barker&#8217;s Jericho and Blazing Angels 2 aren&#8217;t so good. Extend\u00a0&#8211; After a two-issue hiatus, armchair warmonger Brucy Geryk makes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[3049,1304,2524,1934],"class_list":["post-19582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-gaming","tag-pc","tag-retrogaming","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}