Weekend Break, or: Old Gamers Never Die, They Just Get New Games
Main Menu screen from Strategic Command: WWII: World at War. © 2018 Fury Software/Slitherine Ltd. Well, Dear Reader, it's Saturday, October 12, 2019; it's Columbus Day in Spain (which celebrates the occasion as "Dia de la Raza") and Latin America, while here it is a warm and humid early autumn Saturday. In my little corner of Florida, the current temperature is 82℉ under partly sunny skies; with the humidity levels at 66%, the feels-like temperature outside is 85℉. I was going to watch my new Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Blu-ray today, but the gaming bug bit me sometime before noon. I don't play video games on my PC often; I love writing more than I care for gaming, but as the old saw goes, "All work and no play makes Jack...er, Alex...a dull boy." And after looking at my small selection of PC games, I decided to try my luck at Strategic Command: WWII: World at War. The war begins! Actual gameplay screenshot from my first session of Strategic