Combat Mission Battle for Normandy - Great Video by SchmolyWar

Watch our friend SchmolyWar in a PBEM match in the video below. This is just one of many, please go to YouTube for the next ones.



Great video! And you did great in this scenario SW! :)

Cheers,

ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead - Deltas on a Dismounted Special Reconnaissance Mission Get Compromised - Part 2 of 2

We are compromised and can't bug out from this.

If we run, the helicopter will mow us down with it's door machine guns. Making a stand in the farm is unlikely to succeed (how many approach routes can you cover with just 4 men?).

ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead - Deltas on a Dismounted Special Reconnaissance Mission Get Compromised - Part 1 of 2

The game: ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead
The situation: a US Special Forces fire team on a dismounted special reconnaissance mission is discovered by the Takistani Army.
The topic: do all hopeless tactical situations always require aggressive tactics?

"Command" Developers Blow Up Virtual Targets, Blow Real Minds - YouTube Video Showcases Kick-Ass Level of Detail in Upcoming Air and Naval War Game

The guys developing the recently officially named "Command, Modern Air/Naval Operations" (previously know as the "Red Pill") war game have posted two videos in YouTube. I'm embedding here one video showing JDAMs falling on helpless targets in an airfield. Note the satellite imagery.



Make sure to go to the YouTube original entry to enjoy these two videos in HD.

This type of teasing is becoming borderline criminal. :)

Cheers,

Military Books in Digital Format - Color Me Underwhelmed ...

Got an Amazon Kindle and found the whole bruhaha about digital books a gross exaggeration ...

Click for an expanded view.

IL2 Cliffs of Dover gets patched ... again

At least this time the patch was good enough to put me off tweaking and into flying. Performance of the flight sim is better, yet I had to give up completely visual goodies like shadows. Overall, right now IL2 CoD is not as bad as at the time it was released in Europe, yet it needs more work. I read somewhere that the developers are still working in the full screen mode.

Anyway, I took a Stuka on a quick mission. Couldn't find my target (a British land convoy). Returned to base with all the bombs in the racks. :(

The map, even when showing all icons, was not helpful. Doh!

Cheers,

Bullying Tigers - Fun with Combat Mission Battle for Normandy's Quick Battle System

There is so many good war games these days that I am having issues choosing. Today I settled for a quick battle in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy (CMBN). Something simple just to blow up stuff. I used CMBN's quick battle system and chose a platoon of Shermans vs. a platoon of Tigers in a fairly open map.

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy - Released

Gah! Two great 3D tactical war games released within a week!

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy is out right now. Can't write or post too many images because I had a long day. But at least I had ten minutes with this one.

I need some sleep now.

Cheers,

Panzer Command - Nothing Quiet on the Ostfront

You can argue that Panzer Command Ostfront (PCO) will not win any awards for its looks ... But there is more than polygons and textures in this massive tactical war game.

Despite heavy AT fire, a Russian T-34 attempts to join a botched thunder run in the town of Niemirow.

I played the first scenario that the game's single battles menu threw at me. Quite interesting setup: I played the Germans defending the town of Niemirow with a mix of infantry and (half-assed) Pak 36s against a blitz of Russian tanks supported by infantry.

DCS: A-10C Warthog - Another Great Excuse to Get an iPad!

Those CDU buttons in the virtual cockpit of DCS-A10C making you feel like you are trying to catch flies with a chopstick, Mr. Miyagi style?

Not anymore!

Take a look at the fantastic work of this guy.



Make sure to visit the Ipadpit webpage, and if possible, donate.

Thanks to Chris for the heads up on this great gizmo!

Cheers,