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- 7/12/2010
- Episode 49: Sid Meier Interview
We interview game designer Sid Meier at UCon. Yes, that Sid Meier, the creator of Civilization and Pirates. He shares his
background, some advice for new game designers, what it’s like being a game designer. Oh yeah, and his favorite ice cream.
- Cast:
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 Sid's geek cred- What do you play regularly
- Favorite board game
- Favorite game
- How do you curtail the perfectionist attitude?
- Advice for a new game designer
- What's you passion
- What game would you love to redesign
- What's it like being a game designer
- What lead you into game design
- How often do your ideas fail and when do you stop
- Upcoming projects
- Mark needs to be prodded into asking questions
- Why do people expect to win against a computer, but not another person
- How do you model AI
- New exciting technology for gaming
- What's your favorite ice cream
- Where did you come up with the name Firaxis
- Can you give us some props for the years we've lost to your game
- Sid's open letter to the world!
- What Sid does inappropriately
- Quicklinker:
- Civilization
- Firaxis
- runtime: ~35 minutes
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