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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War 2: Retribution

Jonathan Bernhardt - September 24, 2019

It’s been a while! Now that NOVA’s over we’re back in the saddle with the Dawn of War II retrospective for the second, final, and most important expansion, Retribution. This is pretty much the final form of the Dawn...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising (2009 to 2010)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 27, 2019

So we arrive at Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II. This is probably the defining modern Warhammer 40K game, rivaled only by its predecessor and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine; to the degree that it can be said that a...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War Expansions (2005 to 2008)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 20, 2019

Last week we covered the base Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War game, which made a massive impression on the RTS genre in the early Aughts and inspired three expansion games from 2005 to 2008. This week we’ll actually talk...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War (2004)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 13, 2019

This is where it all began: the original Dawn of War. Okay, technically it began with Warhammer 40K: Fire Warrior, but Fire Warrior, a first-person shooter where you played as a T’au commando, was a weird game whose reach...

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Video Game Review: Inquisitor – Martyr

Jonathan Bernhardt - July 16, 2019

Many developers have attempted to capture the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium (and the high fantasy of the Old World) in video game form. Every Tuesday, Jonathan "Crion" Bernhardt will be diving into the games that use the...