High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewSid Meier's Civilization Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/civilization/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Videogame Releases: Week of June 29th, 2014 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jun-29-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jun-29-2014/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:00:33 +0000 Brian Hoss http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=63441 Luchadors! Quality iPhone games! Interesting World War II shooters! Licensed giant robot titles! What more could you ask from this week’s new videogame releases? Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (Xbox One, PS4, 360, Wii U) ‘Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition‘ is a new version (for new platforms) of last year’s hit metroidvania title from Drinkbox...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jun-29-2014/feed/ 2 Videogame Releases: Week of July 7th, 2013 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jul-7-2013/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jul-7-2013/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:42 +0000 Brian Hoss http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=53429 The Fourth of July has come and gone, but the celebration of America continues with the first real (well, videogame real) taste of football this season. Meanwhile, Konami celebrates the legacy of Big Boss and Solid Snake. NCAA Football 14 (360, PS3) Yearly sports titles like EA’s ‘NCAA Football 14‘ have a bad reputation for...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jul-7-2013/feed/ 0 60 Minute Hero: Sid Meier’s ‘Civilization V: Gods & Kings’ (Demo) https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/civilization-v-demo-impressions/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/civilization-v-demo-impressions/#respond Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:00:05 +0000 Brian Hoss http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=38096 Over the July 4th holiday, I thought that it would be a good idea to try to get my dad to play ‘Civilization V’. What follows is roughly equal to an hour of ‘Blood, Germs, and Steel’. Or, in this case, “Fail, fail and fail again.” My dad is not a gamer. I think that...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/civilization-v-demo-impressions/feed/ 0 Videogame Releases: Week of June 17th, 2012 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jun-17-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jun-17-2012/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:00:35 +0000 Brian Hoss http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=36704 Too much violence in today’s videogames? Not this week, as LEGO Batman and Superman lead a host of family friendly releases. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, DS, PSVita, PC) LEGO Gotham is in peril. An alliance between LEGO Lex Luther and LEGO Joker has turned LEGO Batman’s best toys into...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jun-17-2012/feed/ 6 Videogame Releases: Week of July 31st, 2011 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jul-31-2011/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jul-31-2011/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:00:40 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=19336 Look, the videogames coming out this week are dreadful. I mean, there’s one nice looking game for the Xbox Live Arcade, but otherwise you’ve got a ‘Bleach’ game and a ‘Phineas and Ferb’ game. I can’t change that fact, but I can recommend some titles that will help you get through the awful summer drought....

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-jul-31-2011/feed/ 3 ‘Civilization IV’ Gets Its Due at the Grammys – Five Years Late https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/civilization-iv-grammy/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/civilization-iv-grammy/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:00:07 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=12141 Did you watch the Grammy Awards last weekend? If not, you missed out. Eminem sang with Dre, Mumford and Sons got some much deserved exposure, and Cee Lo Green proved that he’s not just crazy talented but a little crazy to boot. Oh, and “Baba Yetu,” the absolutely fantastic theme to ‘Civilization IV’, won a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/civilization-iv-grammy/feed/ 1 Video Games Live: Level 2 – Game Music for the Masses https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/video-games-live-level-2/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/video-games-live-level-2/#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:00:56 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=7622 ‘Video Games Live’ is your chance to experience your favorite game soundtracks in a way never before possible. It’s a flawed but essential part of any game music collection. Ever since I was a kid, I was in love with the music in videogames. I can hum the music from every ‘Mario’ game and play...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/video-games-live-level-2/feed/ 0 Videogame Releases: Week of September 19th, 2010 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-sept-19-2010/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-sept-19-2010/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:00:18 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=6499 ‘Halo: Reach’ is still occupying the hearts and minds of Xbox 360 owners, and the PS3 is finally getting the firmware to make the console a 3-D Blu-ray player. It’s only fair that PC gamers get a treat too. Sid Meier clearly agrees. Sid Meier’s Civilization V (PC) It’s strange just how much of a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/videogames-sept-19-2010/feed/ 0 The Steam Summer Sale https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/steam-summer-sale/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/steam-summer-sale/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:00:18 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=3326 You’ve got until July 4th to take advantage of some of the best deals in PC gaming, including new discounts daily. So get on it! The great thing about the good people working at Steam is that they understand how digital distribution is supposed to work. They know the plan, and even better, they follow...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/steam-summer-sale/feed/ 2 Rewatching Films, TV Reruns and Playing Old Games – Why Do We Do It? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rewatching-old-films-reruns-games/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rewatching-old-films-reruns-games/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:00:37 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=2011 No, this isn’t an explanation for our weird habits. That’s something better left to sociology majors. I’m not even trying to comment on human behavior. There are swan-wearing Icelandic singers that do that far better than I could. I just want to talk about content consumption, why it is that we can watch the same...

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