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Friday, June 30, 2006
The real test of an anthropology education
Today I bought my first "real" computer game, Sid Meier's Civilization IV. I've heard good things about the franchise, so decided to give it a go to occupy my time for the next month. Civilization IV is a history-based strategy game where you control populations and events with the goal of becoming the most powerful in the world. It's a very involved game that requires quite a bit of time, something that I don't usually have much of during the academic year. I have yet to start a new game as it took about an hour and a half to do the tutorial, and I still need to read the instruction manual. Now we get to see if anything I've learned about human culture and history is useful in the virtual world...
Note the Mayan temple from Tikal on the cover, even though you can't play as the Mayan civilization. The only ancient New World cultures in the game are Inca and Aztec.
Posted by Will at June 30, 2006 01:28 AM in Personal Reflections
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Will I'm so glad you made it back to the state OK. I can't wait to see pictures and here about your adventures! Jason purchase the xbox 360 game "Oblivion" which he loves. It's sounds similair to the game you bought. He is on a main quest and has traveled through many medieval towns on his quest.
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at June 30, 2006 01:30 PM