Interview with Sid Meier

Ginger_Ale · Aug 21, 2008

TheEscapist has published an interview with Sid Meier entitled "Just Your Average Gaming God," covering some broader aspects of video game making as well as details specific to the Civilization series. It's worth a read and gives good insight into what Sid Meier is thinking about for the future of Firaxis. Here he talks about the balance between remakes and original titles:

So I think both answers are right, there needs to be innovation and new ideas, but once an idea's out there, there's a lot you need to build on. I think Civilization is a good example. We're now up to Civilization IV and each of those games has brought something new that appealed to the audience that was designed to appeal to the audience of the preceding game. A good balance of both those things is really what's good for the consumer, and also good for the industry. [...] It's the same thing here; we can take some risks with some ideas we have because we have our track record.

MarkM · Aug 22, 2008

This is the more "entertaining" quote:

The whole reason we played computer games was to get away from other people a few years ago. But to see that arise has added another dimension to gaming. It's not just for antisocial people anymore.

Not anymore

Interview with Sid Meier

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