It is not, to have with one stretch of the imagination, an easy time for fun in the US now. COVID-19 has killed nearly 200,000 Americans and is expected much more before the outbreak eventually vanishes. Forest fires in California and elsewhere in the West are destroyed to control burning, entire cities and abandoned cities like San Francisco wrapped in an orange mist frighteningly deep, a preview of what life can be like our climate could as deteriorating. The indictment further shots and hit American blacks, despite increased national awareness of police brutality. But for those that we find, with the luxury of time to enjoy them right now, it may be wise to try. Game brings well-documented psychological benefits and any mental boost could help us better with all the trauma of this moment. But how? Many Americans have turned video games as a safe means of escape era pandemic; Gaming is almost 50% over the past months to Nielsen. “Is to find a good way to have fun and escape to play,” says long games date creator Sid Meier. “In fact, there are political games, firefighters and even pandemics. The game and you can get a better understanding of the situation. Stress often comes from fear of the unknown or incomplete knowledge. When life gives you lemons, plays the game lemonade stand! “He contributed an authority that you have created, or to create the iconic title some of the games, from the beloved series Civilization (” Civ “for short) Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon. Meier, games to make the start of 1980, is seen as the father of the field, a beloved figure among many players, but especially for the people who make the games. The new book by Meier Sid Meier’s Memoir: A Life in computer games, takes the reader through his career as a play-by-play to create from its early days of flight simulators for military platforms such as the Atari through his recent work on efforts such as creating a version of the CIV for mobile devices. The end result is a story that reminded readers that success is rarely a straight line, but an undulating course with many blind curves and potholes on the way a game in and of itself, as he sees it. “We are surrounded by choices and games, in everything we do,” he writes. Meier book is an enjoyable read for players of a certain age, as his career is a walk into the past for those of us who grew up charging cycles of MS-DOS. But it will be especially enlightening for game developers that very wise advice here, for example, stripping, which is not like players to bring some sort of Marie Kondo-tion for the game design. Another reason: the idea of creative restraint. After all, Meier and his team have been cramming the games on your computer with all the space and power of a microwave oven processing, in fact, today is your microwave oven probably has more RAM. Today 4s PlayStation and Xbox Ones are relatively supercomputer to create always present temptation for game designers to focus on graphics performance, rather than the game and the fun. But Meier view, the power of modern consoles, PC games, and even smartphones Gaming has more accessible to a wider audience. “When we make games like Civilization or pirates, we were very player asked in his imagination and a willingness to suspend their disbelief and with the game spend this time,” he says. “You ask a lot of players believe that this place, which screen tank unit, or you are sailing in the Caribbean, because we have very good graphical representation. Now, as the technology has developed, we can add more of these pieces so that it will be easier to believe that it will be easier to suspend disbelief, is more realistic, your imagination is not working that hard, and you can get more simple procedure game. This has expanded the audience to ‘accessibility for the games. previously, only geeks and nerds to play his game, now plays the whole word games. “I read the book by Meier and I talked to him after (finally!) of Red Dead Redemption finish II, a game that totally blew me away in terms of stories, drama and pure beauty, but end with a punch in the stomach that I have recovered the remains emotionally weeks later saying. The Last of Us II also caught flack for being fiercely over the edibility point. So I asked Meier, a man who is obsessed with fun: why so sad I want to do some ‘of games today? “It’s part of the expansion of our audience, our industry, the kind of thing we can do now,” he says. “Back in the day went to the games of a certain type of experience to get, and if you want a different experience, you should go to see a movie or something. Now, more people spend time playing so you are looking for an experience for these species. “our conversation came the video game industry is such a moment-to-Jesus on his darker elements to fatigue developer (” Crunch time “go biz) for sexual harassment . What’s Meier, who has the longest possible view of the modern gaming industry, making this bill? “I can only speak for our company (Firaxis Games, Take-Two Interactive properties) to create … but we always looked for what we think is a family-oriented environment and take care of our people through more than just a as long as you are working to invest in office. But it is the passion one sector in size. we know that the problems with the crisis, and so on, and diversity, i think we all grow and learn in this sense, as you become more aware . “In terms of crisis, it becomes a management problem. We are sensitive to the time that we give our people relaxing days in relation to the pandemic and the problems that go along with the many things that we are trying to do specifically for this time. I want to specifically related to our company, we think that we are sensitive, but I think you’re right that there’s a problem. I’m not sure it’s a new issue, in fact I think the awareness has really grown on these issues, but perhaps the solutions have not kept up with the pace. “Finally, now that I’m done with Red Dead, I ‘m playing in search of something new. Who better to ask Sid Meier for a game recommendation?” Overland, which one is that I’ve spent a lot of time “, he says. “And the other … you go down this river, is a kind of survival game is very … Flame in the flood.”
Sid Meier is to remember is that life is full of interesting decisions
