EuroGamer: "There is an invisible line running through the middle of the 20th century - it makes landfall somewhere towards the mid-1950s, I think - and it separates two generations of American (and Canadian) teenagers. On one side - the older side - are the teens who think everything is neat. Neat rollerskates. Neat baseball mitt. Wow, that's a neat subscription to Popular Mechanics you've got going on there! On the other side are the cool kids.
Sid Meier, it turns out, is one of these - if only just."
From BBC: "Sonic the Hedgehog, with his colourful, fast-paced, ring collecting was the top-selling title.
People were also bashing buttons until their fingers were sore, playing Street Fighter 2.
Few could have guessed at the time that one of the releases to have a lasting impact on the games industry, would be a strategy title that played like a virtual board game."
This "War Stories" video explores how Civilization almost wasn't a turn-based game.
There’s no doubting the impact that this week’s Presidential Election has had not just on the US but the whole world. While we can’t forget the result (be it good or bad, depending on your political leanings) we can at least distract ourselves with a few good old fashioned video games.
