Why You Need to Play Age of Empires Online... And Believe My
Lies   Usually that wouldn't be a problem. But Age of Empires
Online's survival faces two challenges: It's an unequivocating
real-time strategy computer game hitting during a time when the
best of its ilk have shrunk away to become casual or Facebook
games. It is a free game that can only survive economically if
people are willing to eventually spend too much for too little.
So be prepared to be lied to, because I can't let this game die.
Here's the part where I'm telling you the deep, honest-to-god,
from-my-heart truth.  There are a lot of things about Age of
Empires Online that make it better than the games that came
before it. But what makes me love it more than those previous
versions (Yes, even Age of Empires II... even the Rise of Rome
expansion) is that for the first time in my life I am the
father, not the son, in the long, late-night matches I play with
my family.  The fact that I can play with my son, while
sentimental, isn't a reason un