So much time has passed, since the “birth” of Civ. Many people know the game, and all the details about its mechanics. But do you know about all the small things and little jokes, created by Firaxis or the community? You haven’t seen CivAnon, the Civ4 throne room, or about Elvis? No? Have a read here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/30-years-civ-all-the-little-things-you-didnt-know.673477/ And… Read More »
The three hundred-and-ninety-first episode of PolyCast, “Civilization Adjacent Titles“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Phil “TheMeInTeam”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m20s |New Frontiers Pass Released for iOS Forum Talk– 00h05m02s | Proper Co-op Modes for Civilization Games.– 00h22m30s | A Reddit user has Ranked Civilization… Read More »
The “New Yorker” has reviewed Sid Meier’s memoir, and while this review is more about Sid’s own journey in game development (including that he did the music for his early games himself), it is still worth a read for Civ fans. An excerpt: “When Sid Meier began tinkering with a new game, thirty years ago, his hope was… Read More »
IGN has started a Twitter poll about the best video game of all time. Civ4 is in there, on the lower left, paired against Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.Currently it’s 29% Civ, 71% Assassin’s Creed.If you have a Twitter account, help us beat Assassin’s Creed! Vote here! There are right now another 22h left to vote. The winner… Read More »
Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back! To celebrate the 30th birthday of Civilization, we are holding a contest: Give Civ a present, get one back! How would you do this? We are looking for any form of art, created for Civilization! Have you ever drawn something inspired by Civ? Made a sculpture? A lego… Read More »
What could be better to build your empire than LEGO? At least that’s what our user Scaramanga thought. He build the Civ leaders has brickheadz https://www.lego.com/en-us/kids/brickheadz . Check out his gallery https://forums.civfanatics.com/media/albums/lego-civ-6-leader-brickheadz.214/ or the latest thread https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/jo%C3%A3o-iii-in-lego-brickheadz-form-moc.672189/ . Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1426144382797950979
The three hundred-and-eighty-sixth episode of PolyCast, “Machine Learning“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: Forum Talk– 00h01m29s | Civ VII could Make It’s A.I. Smarter and How fixing the A.I. should be easy– 00h37m41s | Firaxis’ “Impossible Save” is not-so-impossible.–… Read More »
The three hundred-and-eighty-fifth episode of PolyCast, “Perverse Incentives“ 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– 00h02m23s | Civilization VI Anthology released– 00h09m56s | Firaxis Leader RoyaleForum Talk– 00h25m18s | How Does Civ VI compare to Civ V?– 00h47m46s |… Read More »
