It's great that music from Civilization 4 is up for a Grammy Award, but the way it found recognition is a bit disappointing. Video-game music deserves more than a backhanded compliment.
Philip Boyes:
When I was a kid, I played a lot of Civilization 2. I played a lot of strategy games in general, but having a deep love of both history and sci-fi, the epic sweep of Civ 2 from prehistory to the stars held a particular appeal. I loved taking my little people from their huts and ziggurats to the world of science and advanced space-flight.
LAS VEGAS -- Civilization is one of the gods of strategy games, where you oversee the creation of a whole society in competition with other civilizations. It debuted in 1991, and now at 25, it has become one of the cultural touchstones of the game industry, something that everyone recognizes or has played in the past.
Maybe I'm saying this because my PC is shit but I really would like a good console Civilization game on par with the PC ones.
Civilization Revolution wasn't half bad...just dumbed down a bit
Interesting stats, but they missed the most important ones- how many relationships were ruined? And how many jobs were lost?
I still remember the day my dad finally convinced me to go and peel the potatoes by turning off the power to the entire house.
I think I lost about 5 hours worth of game play that day.
Today, the GamesBeat staff turns its attention toward 20 important games of 2005.
What a year. Interesting because it's also the first where standard-def console games face up against hi-def console games.
RE4, BF2, God of War, COD2, GH, Phoenix Wright, SOC, Civ IV..... WOW imo thats gotta be the best year of gaming. either that or 07
After a certain point in gaming -- 1996? 1997? -- feels like nearly every year has someone touting it as "the best year in gaming."
Lol Lego Star Wars. I don't remember why I got that game. It sounds like a bad idea but man that game was surprisingly fun. I had the first two games for my PS2.
