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It's been a while since the venerable Civilization series made headlines. The most recent release has been that of Civilization Revolution, which brought the unique mechanics of 4X turn-based world domination to handhelds to some success. Civilization IV, helped by its two expansions, Warlords and Beyond the Sw... |
22 October 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Between 2007 and 2011, eight missions were flown, or will be flown to the Moon, in a genuine flurry of exploration. Undoubtedly, it won't be too long until we will send astronauts there again, and lay the foundation of permanent lunar bases, at first only for research, but later on for habitation as well. But, t... |
17 October 2009
05:53 GMT |
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Aspyr Media has recently announced plans to launch Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization for Mac OS X this holiday season in North America, by partnering up with 2K Games. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is the fifth installment in the Civilization IV franchise, but it will not require the o... |
29 September 2009
05:27 GMT |
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2K Games has announced that it plans to release a package containing the original Civilization IV, the Warlords and the Beyond the Sword expansions and the Colonization stand alone videogame.It will be available for 39.99 dollars and will be on sales on May 12. 2K is probably out to capitalize on the popularity of th... |
7 May 2009
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With the number of species that will go extinct over the next few years in mind, researchers at the Durham and York Universities have decided to try a new approach to saving them, by something they call “assisted colonization.” Basically, this is the process of artificially transplanting the creatures fro... |
18 February 2009
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With all the events going on, including Phoenix Mars Lander's recent demise and the discoveries provided by the two twin rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, as well as the uncertainty raised by the space shuttle retirement process and its replacement system, scientists still find the time to think about the future o... |
13 November 2008
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Buzz Aldrin, the second person to lay foot on lunar soil after Neil Armstrong, in 1969, has shared his opinion on the future manned missions to Mars. In his acceptance, the distance and the time it takes to get to the red planet make it highly unprofitable to send manned missions back and forth. He compares this grou... |
25 October 2008
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The trade wagon slowly moves across the plain, bringing the gift of drunkenness to the unsuspecting Indian inhabitants of Machu Pichu. At the same time, a caravel is loading up its cargo with coats and furs ready to sail to Europe to sell them for a good price, even if the taxes set by our Dutch overlords are w... |
10 October 2008
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So, I've finally got my hands on the remake of the 1994 Sid Meier classic, which still has a place on my hard drive and in my playtime schedule. The first piece of advice is to go for a Marathon or Epic game with a big map to fully get the Colonization experience right.16:00. Whom to play as? The four sides from... |
1 October 2008
21:01 GMT |
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Now that Firaxis and 2K Games have released Civilization IV: Colonization, the updated version of the classic Sid Meier game launched way back in 1994, I have a small request to make: Please, please get all the necessary rights and create a re-make of the Brian Reynolds made Alpha Centauri.Bryan Reynolds is one of th... |
26 September 2008
21:11 GMT |
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After my first hour with Colonization (yap, the old one from the Stone Age of videogaming), I wanted to play a bit more. Nostalgia and my turn based strategy addiction spurred me on to play until I could declare independence.16:00. The problem is that this game, even though it looks tiny, takes time. In another hour ... |
19 September 2008
22:41 GMT |
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Colonization is one of the earliest games made by Sid Meier and one of the first turn based strategies that I played way back when I was starting to be interested in videogames. The title never got as much attention or publicity as its bigger brother, Civilization, but thanks to the success of the latter, Colonizatio... |
18 September 2008
21:11 GMT |
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I, for one, was surprised and excited when Firaxis announced it was remaking the classic Colonization game, which Sid Meier put out in 1994, using the Civilization IV game engine. The original game was the less known cousin of Civilization and focused on a smaller piece of history which was presented in greater detai... |
4 July 2008
18:06 GMT |
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There are some games that manage to capture one's fantasies, even if the graphics are outdated and even if you know the gameplay mechanics well enough to win with your eyes closed. One such game was, for me, Colonization, released in 1994 by Sid Meier, that allowed the player to play one of the four powers tryin... |
10 June 2008
02:42 GMT |
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Even if Civilization Revolution is being delayed for more polish, Sid Meier is still getting recognition. The man who designed such classics as Pirates! (get the original a spin sometime), Colonization, Railroad Tycoon, Gettysburg and, of course, the long running and critically acclaimed Civilization series is now ge... |
30 May 2008
18:11 GMT |
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Colonization is a computer game by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier released by Microprose in 1994. It is a turn-based strategy game themed on the early European colonization of the New World, starting in 1492 and lasting until 1850. It was originally released for DOS, and later ported to Windows (1995), the Amiga (1995)... |
7 December 2007
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Caribbean islands have sunshine and picturesque views. But they are in the end relatively isolated ones, with a rich fauna of frogs. DNA researches showed that at least 29 million years ago, South American frogs jumped on some kind of natural rafts, which carried them on until reaching either Central America or the C... |
5 June 2007
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