October 23, 2005
Sid Meier Interview
Slashdot has a good interview with the computer gaming legend Sid Meier. I have many of fond memories of his games destroying my life from playing Pirates! on my Commodore Amiga to the original Civilization on the PC. Classic gaming at its finest.
I like to play all kinds of games...on a variety of systems. My son and I play games on the PC, PS2, Xbox, GameCube...and they range from Warcraft, to Halo to Grand Turismo...to Civilization. :) I definitely try to create, and most enjoy playing, games that strike a balance between depth/complexity and ease of use. My goal when making a game is to find the right mix of story and mechanics that will deliver many hours of fun to players. We try to put the player in a situation where they can be something great - King, Pirate Captain, Tycoon, Entrepreneur - and create an interesting world where they can have an adventure, build an empire, conquer the world etc. The game can be as deep as a player wants it to be.
