Category Archives: Christopher Tin

25 years of Civfanatics – a retrospective – UPDATE: Also Civ4 anniversary

By | October 25, 2025

Time flies, when you’re playing civ, and the same applies when you are browsing the forums! Today is one of the days which can be considered the birthday of Civfanatics, and we turn 25, which is in the age of the internet nearly biblical. For this occasion we have written a retrospective, which hopefully includes the most interesting… Read More »

New single by Christopher Tin: “Stream Of Life”

By | October 11, 2025

Christopher Tin has released a new single, called “Stream Of Life”, from his upcoming album “Song Offerings”.The song is inspired by the poem collection “Gitanjali” by a Bengali poet, and this version was performed by Kantoreidenver.You can check his blog here, and you have various options to listen to the song here.

Civ7: Shawnee collaboration video, in-depth article about Jose Rizal, ABC classics podcast and Twitch Civ7 launch party

By | February 21, 2025

We got a range of interesting news again! First, another video about the partnership between the Shawnee and Firaxis has been posted.Various members of the tribe talk in the video about the importance of the Shawnee language, and Firaxis talks about how this knowledge and culture was used for Civ7. Discuss this video with us here. Second, Gamespot… Read More »

Civ7: Official launch trailer, PCGamer short documentary, Christoper Tin on the main theme, and soundtrack widely available

By | February 11, 2025

Obviously it is a busy day today, therefore the next news item! The official trailer for Civ7 has been released, check it out and discuss it here. PCGamer has also released a short (15 min) background video on the various decision in Civ7. You can watch it and discuss it with us here. Christopher Tin has also commented… Read More »

Polygon: How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy

By | August 5, 2024

Polygon has today posted an article about our most beloved composer, titled “How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy“.In the interview, the journalist is asking Christopher Tin about how he was inspired by Civ4’s opening menu, that orchestrating music for video games was still somthing rather new back in the day,… Read More »

(Back Episode) PolyCast 419: News, News, and More News

By | March 20, 2024

The four-hundred-and-nineteenth episode of PolyCast, “News, News, and More News“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 06m34s | Leader Pass Developer Livestream– 25m48s | Civilization VI Added to Game Pass– 30m16s | April Fools from… Read More »