Game, book, & movie reviews by SUBSIM
Raging Thunder doesn’t have any top-shelf pretensions. The interface doesn’t resemble actual submarine equipment, and the lack of simulated sonar and target motion analysis gear reduce Raging Thunder to an arcade level sim. […]
In one attack, Hunt penetrated a screen of nine escorts and five patrol aircraft to sink a single merchant ship. Hunt was cited by his superiors as commanding his attacks with “unsurpassed” daring and brilliance and was rewarded with the Distinguished Service Cross with bar and Distinguished Service Order with bar. […]
Beatson’s diary begins with the crossing of the English Channel in February 1915, on the way to the trenches that will come to symbolize the struggle and claim millions of lives. […]
It’s been a long dry spell since the last modern-era sub game. Dangerous Waters came out in… 2005? That can’t […]
First released as a DOS game in 1993, Aces of the Deep quickly established itself as my favorite subsim. AOD […]
Ships for All Nations Authur: Ian Johnston Publisher: Seaforth Publishing (UK) Naval Institute Press (US) Year: 2015 Reviewer: Daryl Carpenter, […]
Royal Navy Submarine: 1945 to 1973 (‘A’ class – HMS Alliance) Owners’ Workshop Manual Author: Peter Goodwin Publisher: Haynes Year: […]
Through an unlikely sequence of events, an American Trident missile sub–USS Kentucky– receives a launch order. They are about eight days away from being in range, so the narrative takes the shape of a countdown. […]
The Last Israelis is often less of a story about a specific submarine and more of an existential discussion of the state of Israel and its nuclear drama. […]
