The Act was enacted in 1958 and practically covered the entire region, especially Nagaland, which was carved out of undivided Assam. The Centre’s use of the heavy-handed AFSPA reflects its confused attitude towards handling administrative issues in the North-East. But there’s a disconcerting underbelly of violence and conflict, exacerbated by New Delhi’s long-established overbearing ways towards the states and their own internal problems caused by immigration from Bangladesh, intra-border disputes, ethnic and religious clashes, protracted insurgencies and the consequently heavy military presence which led to protests like the one in July 2004 when Manipur’s women hit the streets against the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA. The mighty Brahmaputra, the flora, the hills and the religious, ethnic and linguistic profusion make for attractive visuals and a narrative of outward harmony in diversity. In hindsight, he agrees with the bad review in Computer Gaming World (see MobyRanks), the strategy guide turned out to be pathetic and he didn't receive any royalties from it at all.Picture the country’s North-East and the images the region conjures are two-toned. So when PC Gamer hired him for the review, he really thought Ascendancy was a great game, and he failed to see the conflict of interest. So he had no other choice but to play the game non-stop for two weeks, becoming eventually obsessed with it. However, the developers failed to give him any information on the game, not even technology trees, and a one-month deadline. Summarized, he needed money to pay off repairs on his house and therefore gladly agreed to write the strategy guide. In Computer Gaming World #151 (February 1997), a letter by William Trotter was published in which he shared his view on the matter. However, the individual who reviewed the game for PC Gamer also turned out to be the author of the game's Strategy Guide, leading many to wonder if the review had been padded in order to boost sales of the Strategy Guide. PC Gamer gave the game high marks, and made it an Editor's Choice game.

A minor scandal surrounded the PC Gamer review of Ascendancy.

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