SimCity for Mac Aug 29th

I almost forgot, SimCity for Mac's scheduled release is for 8/29 unless they pull the rug out again.  Good show EA, of course coming out in August meant darn near the last possible day in August.  Should have seen that coming.  Personally a release right before school starts seems like a pretty terrible idea.

With the last traffic and bridges patch (7.0) it is finally becoming playable and not mind-numbingly tedious.  (Although still nowhere near "good")

It would appear that I won't have to buy the game again to play it on my Mac although I'm not sure I've seen anything official say that.

So the fun fact may end up to be that SimCity ends up with more Mac users that PC since us PCers have been dropping off in droves bored to tears with month after month of beta-test worthy game play. 

I'm still holding out hope they'll surprise us with bigger maps and one-way streets for the Mac launch date.  

Hey...I can dream

SimCity Enters the Third Dimension - Update 7

Finally bridges & tunnels coming with update 7 on Thursday.

Is anyone still playing?

Raise & Lower Tool Demo - Developer video complete with French accent and suspiciously large maps...

Developer Blog

I'm pushing my luck but can we get round-abouts and one way roads now please? (and subways and larger maps and...)

Europa Universalis IV Windows demo available

Just days before the general release (8/13), the Windows only (grumble grumble) demo is available for Europa Universalis IV through Steam.

• You can play 28 years of four empires that are each geared towards one of the main strategies (trade, warfare,  colonization, diplomacy)
• Includes tutorial and hint system
• No save/load feature
• No multi-player

They do say that multi-player and cross platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux) will be available at launch.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Whiney

Now that I have had half-an-hour to digest the news of Peter Capaldi as the next Doctor I have a few gripes.

1. I never been a fan of recycling actors who played a significant part earlier in the show.  Someone looking familiar is often relevant.  (Yes, you Martha..., identical cousins were ridiculous in the Patty Duke Show too)
2. We are already in the midst of a story line where Clara's re-occurrence and existence over time has been remarkable and just been explained by her jumping into the time stream.
3. Capaldi is an alumnus of both Doctor Who and Torchwood.
4. Not only did "The Fires of Pompeii" spawn our new Doctor but also Amy Pond.  This is just too much of a coincidence.
5. Not to mention the silliness of Peter Capaldi playing a W.H.O. Doctor in World War Z.  (I'm willing to let this one go since I choose to believe that this movie doesn't exist).

Are we going to have a reunion of  David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith and now Peter Capaldi to explain all this?  I hope not, or sad to say we may have regenerated the shark...