The History of Civilization (the Game) with Sid Meier

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Just in time for the lazy holiday break, legendary game designer Sid Meier joins Adam to discuss the genesis of his seminal game series “Civilization.” Sid and Adam explore how the early years of game design were driven by programmers following their passions, how good games need “interested decisions,” and the advice he gives budding young game designers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum Podcast. I don't know what to think
0:13.0	I don't know what to say
0:16.0	and that's all right
0:19.0	yeah that's all right
0:21.0	and that's okay
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:25.0	Hello everyone,
0:28.0	Hello everyone,
0:29.0	welcome to Factually.
0:30.0	My name's Adam Conover,
0:32.0	and welcome to the doldrums of the holiday season.
0:35.4	That's right, is a long stretch between December 25th and January 1st, right?
0:41.8	No matter what winter holiday you celebrate, you have celebrated it, you have opened
0:46.4	all the presents, you have eaten all the fucking cookies, there is nothing more to say to your family
0:52.3	whether in person or over Zoom.
0:54.9	You're on good turns, but you've covered all the bases.
0:57.4	You've seen all the holiday movies.
0:59.4	So now you're just sitting around in your sweatpants,
1:01.8	waiting until you can get drunk on New Year's.
1:04.5	You know, this is a time where we're all 13 years old again.
1:07.7	We can do whatever we want, and unfortunately, there just isn't even much to do.
1:12.8	Hell, you can't even go to the movie theater
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