This game had alot of hype behind it, the kind of hype that is very hard to deliver on, however Civ4 has done this with absolute grace! An amazing game, that (imho) deserves the great reviews its getting all across the board.
Just today, my girlfriend called me from work wanting to know if I felt like going out for dinner later on when she was done her shift. I said "Sure!" so we agreed that at 6pm (when she was done) I would start walking towards her work, and she would walk towards home and we would meet roughly halfway, conviently close to our restaurant of choice. Well, lets just say that she walked in the door at about 6:30, "What are you still doing here?" lol, she understands though, we had a good laugh about it, and a tasty meal to boot!