A fulsome review...

[Hartford688]

http://www.simhq.com/_land/land_019a.html

Thanks Tom for a well put together review (well I think so).

[Tiornu]

Are you sure you mean "fulsome"?

[Hartford688]

ORIGINAL: Tiornu

Are you sure you mean "fulsome"?

Good point. One glass of wine too may tonight. Was looking something less bland than "good" or "interesting" etc.

Looks like I got carried away.

From dictionary.reference.com:

Usage note: Fulsome is often mistakenly used to mean "full; abundant; plenteous." Though it once had this meaning, now it always indicates that which is so excessive it causes offense or disgust.

New Shorter Oxford:

1. Abundant, plentiful; Full, copious, rich. Now rare.


Bill Bryson ("Troublesome words"):

"fulsome is one of the most frequently misapplied words in English..."

Ooops.

I was kind of aiming at full and rich, but missed the mark. The review really did not disgust me.

Evidently I am either:

a) bad at English
b) living in in the past
c) all of the above

Probably c. Embarrassing for someone who has too many dictionaries and English usage books.[:(]

Next I will be referring to my fleet being completely decimated.

But anyway, what did you think of the review?[:)]

[Captain Cruft]

I thought it was a good balanced review aimed at what I would I describe as the "casual wargamer". It goes to great length to emphasise that the game is an extremely large undertaking for example. There isn't much detail on how you actually drive the thing which is probably a good idea ...

[CapAndGown]

Crap, I must be living in the past too. I guess I read too many old books.

[Farfarer61]

Oxford Rules.

The opinions of barabarians who permit their language skills to degenerate to level of beasts huddled grunting in caves or in front of flatscreens are of no account. [:D]

[pasternakski]

"good balanced review"?

"barabarians"?

Let's do middle school language arts before we try to graduate to what Oxford's Mediocre New English Dictionary can teach.

[Terminus]

I promised myself I wouldn't do this...

[Terminus]

Ah, screw it...

Pasternakski, have you ever contributed anything to this forum that wasn't snide, condescending or a personal attack? Just wondering...

[mogami]

Hi, Pasternakski is sometimes the funniest person here. You have to always bear in mind that he is really Groucho Marx and not take him too serious. If he only directed his wit at certain people or times then you could make a case for it being personal but since he is like Triumph the Insult Dog and he does it to everyone and everything it's the readers fault if they let themselves take the insults personally. Be careful what you post, how you post because he is lurking looking for his next victum. But sometimes (and it is what makes it all worth while) he is really deep and quite funny. He is not out for just certain people. He wants to get all of us....to laugh
(If he was just into flaming there are better places to lurk, like AOL chat rooms)

[Terminus]

Yeah... I just never found Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog very funny, is all...

[Farfarer61]

We are all funny...after all we play these games...[;)]

Ok, I will check my spelling.

It is just that I've become so lazy since I stopped using my manual typewriter and carbons last year.

[pasternakski]

ORIGINAL: Terminus
Pasternakski, have you ever contributed anything to this forum that wasn't snide, condescending or a personal attack?

No. Your point?

[Terminus]

No point... Just checking...

[BrucePowers]

I like reading Pasternaski. I have never felt he was attacking any one personally. No, I do not always agree with him but he does try to get every one involved.

[BrucePowers]

OOPS - I spelled Pasternakski wrong. Sorry.

[TSCofield]

People on these boards are weirder than on our own.

I didn't want to dive too deeply into the review, it would have gone on for 20 or 30 pages if I wanted to.

I wanted to do something that would be under six pages while at the same time giving a good look at the strong and weak points of the game. Players who want to play the game will really get into the nuances of the game when they pick it up. I could easily have gotten into 16 or 17 pages if I had tried.

[Erik Rutins]

Thanks Tom, it's a great review. Also enjoyed the reviews of Case Blue and The Last Days. Thanks to you and your staff for looking at our titles. [:)]

Regards,

- Erik

[BrucePowers]

I have not actually read a review of this game. I found out about MATRIX back just after UVs release when I was googling for a Pacific War computer game. I own this and UV I will probably buy War Plan Orange and Gary Grigsby's WAW. I do not play WiTP as much as I would like to (it does intimidate me a little). However, as I have said before this is the game I have been looking for since SPI's War in the Pacific. I really like it. It is a very good game. I have recommended it to my two serious wargaming friends. However, one of them is only using Macs right now. I am still working on the other one.

[bilbow]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

OOPS - I spelled Pasternakski wrong. Sorry.

Uh Oh. Now you've gone and done it.