
Sid Meier’s games have always been ones that drift you away from sleep and send you into the abyss that is known as addiction. While it’s certainly not as potent as actual real world issues such as drugs and alcohol, his games still can manage to pull people away from Civilization and immerse them in a game.

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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.