Simulators
Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator: A Beginner’s Guide
How SCS Software's truck sims work: quick jobs, owned trucks, skills, fatigue, fines and fuel, base maps and expansions, plus driving and parking tips.
Owen Calloway
Owen Calloway is the pen name of the small independent editorial team behind Gamezone Post.
Simulators
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Beginners: First Flights, Assists and Controls
Getting started in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and 2020: flight training, assistance presets, a first aircraft, the six-pack, takeoff, landing and ATC.
Genre Explainers
What Makes a Management or Tycoon Game? The Genre Explained
What defines management and tycoon games, from Theme Park and RollerCoaster Tycoon to Two Point, Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution.
Builders & Tycoons
How to Fix Traffic in Cities: Skylines and Cities: Skylines II
Why traffic jams form in Cities: Skylines and Cities: Skylines II, and the vanilla fixes that work: road hierarchy, junction spacing, transit and cargo routing.
Builders & Tycoons
City Builder Basics: Zoning, Services, Budgets and Growth
How modern city builders model a city: zoning and demand, utilities, service coverage, land value, taxes and budgets, and why cities stall.
Strategy Guides
Civilization Beginner’s Guide: Core Concepts That Carry Across the Series
The ideas behind Civ V, VI and VII: city placement, yields, tech and civics, districts, diplomacy and victory types, plus what Civilization VII changes.
Strategy Guides
RTS Fundamentals: Macro, Micro, Build Orders and APM Explained
The core skills of real-time strategy explained: macro, micro, build orders, scouting, supply caps and APM, with StarCraft II and Age of Empires II examples.
Strategy Guides
Which Paradox Grand Strategy Game Should You Start With?
Crusader Kings III, Europa Universalis IV and V, Hearts of Iron IV, Victoria 3 or Stellaris? Compare era, focus and learning curve to pick your first.
Genre Explainers
RTS vs 4X vs Grand Strategy: How the Strategy Subgenres Differ
A clear map of the strategy family: RTS, real-time and turn-based tactics, 4X, grand strategy and hybrids like Total War, compared side by side.
Genre Explainers
What Is a 4X Game? Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate Explained
What "4X" means, where the term came from, and how Civilization, Master of Orion, Stellaris and Endless Space turn four verbs into a genre.