National Characters is a long, multi-part essay about how computer games deal with the concept of nations and turns it into a game mechanic. The author, Troy Goodfellow of strategy gaming blog Flash of Steel, focuses on how the fourteen indistinguishable national factions of the original Sid Meier's Civilization have been treated by different games through the years.
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posted by Kattullus
on Aug 15, 2011 -
50 comments
Classic Games Convention. For those of
you into vintage games, tomorrow is the last day to check out
PhillyClassic 4, a vintage game fest at which developers will release
new vintage games. Some
industry personalities will be present, including Sid Meier of
Civilization fame, and
Cindy Morgan from everyone's classic game movie,
Tron, soon to have a sequel (the game, not the movie). Play a
vintage game on a current system, or relive the good old days of
Vectrex. Leave your quarters at home (the games are on free-play), but bring your
joysticks to donate to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
posted by ringmaster
on Mar 29, 2003 -
3 comments
Aztecs Conquer Russian Civilization …Now that
Sid Meier's Civilization III has been released for the
Mac OS, I shall now begin to wall myself off from our own
actual civilization and begin a weeks-long campaign to rule a fictional world.
Civ3 truly is, as its packaging claims, “the Greatest Game of All Time.” Civ is not merely a battle simuator or an extrapolation of the board game Risk — it's a chance to learn how successful (and not-so-successful) societies can be developed through history. Strategy gaming at its finest.
posted by Down10
on Jan 9, 2002 -
43 comments
