I was really hoping this was somehow a new game.
Sid Meier's Memoir
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Re: Sid Meier's Memoir
#22No plain ePub option?
Doesn't Barnes and Noble sell ePub versions? (They call them "Nook Books".)
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#23This is a good light read. Working in game dev, I found some of his thoughts around prototyping, production, and design to be insightful and gladly would have read more of those. I also would gladly have read more about Sid Meier's CPU Bach, since that was ahead of its time and seems interesting algorithmically. His stories are a bit more interesting in the early years and the end of the book drags a bit, as he goes…
Wonder if he logged his ideas and work significantly more for those later pieces of work than the former.
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#24Based on the title of this thread, I was disappointed that the title of his memoir did not end in an exclamation mark, but then was happy to discover that it is indeed titled "Memoir!"
Only a few of the games had bang in the name, e.g. Sid Meier's Civilization or Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon are bangless. Still, I find the cover of this book so delightful!
True. But we were all thinking Pirates! :P
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#25I was really hoping this was somehow a new game.
Same, I saw the headline and thought this was gonna be Sid Meier's version of the Sims
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#26Grabbed one of the signed copies. I'm not sure when I'll get the chance to read it, but Sid's games were some of the first computer games I played, and definitely influenced me towards a career in computers. Much respect and appreciation to Sid. Thanks for the time well wasted :)
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#27Ordered. Funnily enough I recently came across this GDC presentation by Sid and Bruce Shelley on the development of the original Civilization[0]. Highly recommended. The influence of Empire as one of the inspirations of the game was obvious to anyone familiar with it. If you're interested there's an excellent updated implementation of Empire on the App Store[1]. I'd love to be able to get a version of Civ 2 on mobile…
It's amazing to see them sharing the stage and talking about their first achievement with such dignity and depth. It's even more mind-blowing when you realize that Shelley went ahead and started Ensemble Studios[1] that created the Age of Empires franchise which is still alive today[2]. And Civilization is today still under development and even more successful than ever before. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemb…
I bought The Settlers 7 purely because I knew Bruce Shelley worked on it. It was a nice game, interesting take on the "casual economic sim" genre
Re: Sid Meier's Memoir
#28Based on the title of this thread, I was disappointed that the title of his memoir did not end in an exclamation mark, but then was happy to discover that it is indeed titled "Memoir!"
Only a few of the games had bang in the name, e.g. Sid Meier's Civilization or Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon are bangless. Still, I find the cover of this book so delightful!
SMAC is also bang-free (and the best games IMHO).
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#29This is a great book! Just finished reading it.