If you’re a fan of computer games or geeky topics in general, check out these two videos from the newly launched tech site Motherboard.tv:
- Richard Garriott: King Of All Nerds: A 20-minute documentary on Richard Garriott, better known as Lord British, author of the classic RPG game Ultima.
- Game Godfather Sid Meier and the 48-Hour Game: Sid Meier, the legendary game designer (Civilization, Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, Colonization, Alpha Centauri), takes part in a college competition to design and code a game in 48 hours. In the documentary, Sid Meier talks about the early days of the video game industry.
Both videos in fairly advanced American English.
The sci-fi film nSpace from the Dovin Melhee story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAcirnrdGhw
a prolonged silence here, Tom… :)
Sid Meier’s Civilization …heh it’s pretty complicated. You should read about menus and concepts for a while till you understand how to play it. I do not know why is that? It’s a game not a physics course :) Also it can take hundreds of hours to finish it.
As far as I know, it was written in Python. 90% of games I played were written in C++. They say that C++ is the most powerful multi-purpose language. I don’t know though why Civilization was programmed in Python.
AFAIK, only parts of Civilization (the rule engine) were coded in Python.
Would you please tell me how can I contact you? I want to ask you some questions, Mr. Tom.