Category Archives: 30 years Civilization

Civilization’s 30th birthday: The winning poems #4

By | October 23, 2021

In addition to the 3 main prizes, we also had an additional poetry prize for our 30 years celebration. We unexpectedly got many excellent poetry submissions, which made this one picking harder. We selected the poem by our user Romegypt, who receives a rare Civilization 4 deluxe version and a merchandise package. His contribution exquisetly highlights the complications… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: The winning poems #3

By | October 22, 2021

We picked recently our winners of the birthday contest for Civilization, who all received a copy of Old World sponsored by Mohawk Games, as well as a merchandise package. We now want to use this place to highlight these poems. The third poem has been submitted by our user MasterOaks, and is a very philosophical piece about the… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: The winning poems #2

By | October 21, 2021

We picked recently our winners of the birthday contest for Civilization, who all received a copy of Old World sponsored by Mohawk Games, as well as a merchandise package. We now want to use this place to highlight these poems. The second poem, which are actually multiple senryus, have been submitted by our user Hinin, and show us… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: The winning poems #1

By | October 20, 2021

We picked recently our winners of the birthday contest for Civilization, who all received a copy of Old World sponsored by Mohawk Games, as well as a merchandise package. We now want to use this place to highlight these poems. The first poem has been submitted by our user topsecret. It definitely captures the Civ atmosphere. “One day,… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: The winners

By | October 19, 2021

After a long time discussing the entries of the birthday contest, our team has finally decided about the best presents our users have given to Civ. The 3 main prizes, a copy of Old World sponsored by Mohawk Games, as well as a Civ merchandise package, goes to our users topsecret, Hinin and MasterOaks. The prize for best… Read More »

PolyCast 392: The Good Old Days

By | October 18, 2021

The three hundred-and-ninety-second episode of PolyCast, “The Good Old Days“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m00s | Firaxis’s 30 Year Anniversary Video– 00h03m38s | The New Yorker Review of Sid Meier’s Memoirs! Forum Talk– 00h11m01s | Unpopular… Read More »

Video: Civilization 2 on the PS1

By | October 4, 2021

Sean Seanson has produced a video for the youtube channel of PotatoMcWhiskey, showcasing the Civilization 2 port on the PS1. The Civ2 version definitely looks like an improvement over the Civ1 version on the PS1, especially given that it is available in English. As the Civ1 version, the Civ2 version looks considerably different.If you’ve never seen either, have… Read More »

Official from Firaxis: It’s Civilization’s Big 30-Year Celebration!

By | September 30, 2021

Firaxis has announced today that they’re officially starting the party for Civ’s 30th birthday. Besides the above video, they also have an address from Sid Meier himself written down. Read the official announcement here: https://civilization.com/fr-FR/news/entries/it-s-civilization-s-big-30-year-celebration/ Discuss it in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/official-from-firaxis-it%E2%80%99s-civilizations-big-30-year-celebration.673485/