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The full article is available here (but saldy behind a paywall). Kids can amaze their parents with things that they know about Caesar, or Gandhi, or Genghis Khan.”” “Where parents used to think it was a waste of time for kids to play video games,” he says, “now they might think this is an opportunity for their son or daughter. Meier is on a roll and becomes more animated.
It might even prepare you for a career in the wonderful world of the gaming industry, whether that’s as a designer, or an artist, or as a journalist.” People would say, ‘Oh you’re wasting your time playing those games, can’t you do something useful?’ But that has really turned around today, where I think it is a reputable and worthwhile use of time. “I mean, I’m remembering back 30 years ago, and it wasn’t considered all that good an idea to play games. He says that Civ may have even helped to “legitimise” gaming as an intellectual pursuit. “Can Civ games – which feature numerous leaders from human history including Abraham Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abu Bakr, and Mahatma Gandhi – serve an educational purpose? Meier, who studied history and computer science at the University of Michigan, likes to think so. They talk about how Sid himself started up in gaming, the relationship to education, and development rules like the 1/3rd rule: 1/3rd keep, 1/3rd improve, 1/3rd new. The Telegraph has published an article two days ago, probably also related to Sid’s birthday, about his story and the experiences with Civilization. (The image of Sid Meier is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license, and is taken from here). So it’s perhaps easy to overlook how important the investment in game design and gameplay is.”” “In a sense gameplay is cheap… The game design part is critical and crucial but doesn’t require a cast of thousands in the way some of the other aspects do. “Sid Meier says that if major companies continue to focus on ways like this to monetise gaming, they risk losing the audience: “People can assume that a game is going to be fun and what it needs for success are more cinematics or monetisation or whatever – but if the core just is not there with good gameplay, then it won’t work. The views in the article probably come due to the recent increase in the monetisation in this industry, not only with in-app purchases and micro-transactions, but also with the recent NFT hype.įiraxis has gladly never said anything about the latter, and we are very happy about it. The BBC has an article with Sid Meier, where he talks about the current development in the games industry. The game is also cheap, so I guess this can’t hurt to maybe have a look if you’re running low on unplayed games in your Steam library. This game does not fall into our core focus area, but turn-based games which have building and fighting are probably somewhat of interest for us. The game normally costs 8.19€, but is currently discounted to 7.37€. Right now there are no grand strategy features or diplomacy, but we got told this could be an option for the future. You fight with your cards in a fantasy setting, trying to beat your opponent on the other side of the map.Īccording to the devs there is also some building involved, you build infrastructure, and need to manage its upkeep with gold. The developers of Dragon Evo have asked us to spread the word about their just released game, and we are happy to do so, if it falls somewhat in the interest area of us CivFanatics.ĭragon Evo is (per description) a turn-based deck-builder, so similar in some way to Magic The Gathering. Visit our forum to discuss this news article: Taken together, all of our experiences around the world form this elaborate tapestry of humanity.” It’s a monomyth about how we are all connected by a common human experience that sort of winds through each of our lives like a thread.
The album weaves all these together to create a story, a monomyth as Joseph Campbell would call it. The source texts pull on everything from ancient myths, to prayers, to some original texts. It is all about life, death, and rebirth. “My first album, Calling All Dawns, contains twelve songs in twelve different languages. In the interview they talk about the inspiration for Christopher’s music, the historical references used in his songs, and the various themes in his songs. Plough, an independent book publisher with Christian background, has publised an interview with Christopher Tin in their quarterly culture-focused magazine.