> It's interesting how this article thinks it's inevitable that wargames have had their day in the sun and will now die away almost completely, when in fact the wargame world is far stronger and the games far more interesting now than back in 1998.

There's a kind of inverse hype cycle whenever a newer, better version of something comes out. In the late '90s no-one dared make a 2D videogame, because 3D was the future. Then we saw which things 3D did well and which it didn't, and have a new appreciation for what 2D games can do, and we've seen a resurgence in recent years.