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	Inventor Sid Meier Biography
		As Director of Creative Development at FIRAXIS, Sid Meier continues to deliver the most heralded gameplay on the planet and is still recognized by industry experts such as PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, Gamespot, and Gamespy as one of the industry's "Game Gods," taking game development to new heights.
		Sid Meier was inducted into the Academy Hall of Fame in 1999 for his pioneering work in computer game design.
		Sid Meier said that SimCity, Empire, Railroad Tycoon, and the Civilization board game were the different ingredients that he stirred together to get to the Civilization PC game.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/meier.htm (806 words)

	Sid Meier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sid Meier (born Sidney K. Meier in 1954, in Detroit, USA) is a renowned American programmer and designer of some of the most commercially and critically successful computer games of all time.
		Sid Meier is not always the main designer on titles that carry his name.
		Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999) Brian Reynolds was lead designer on this adaptation of Civilization to an outer space theme.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sid_Meier (956 words)

	Interview - A Civilized man // None /// Eurogamer
		The eponymous Sid Meier and starlet Firaxis designer Soren Johnson are putting a brave face on it.
		Civilization, Meier's baby of some 15 years - which lets the player embark with a Stone Age settler, complete with knapsack, on a journey that culminates with hi-tech world domination - is a globe-crushing franchise, and the fourth instalment has reviewed hotly across the board.
		Meier's particularly mindful of the fact multiplayer games are starting to pop up since the launch, an occurrence he describes as "really satisfying".
	www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=61945 (1875 words)

	GameSpy.com - Interview
		Sid Meier: I think we got the diplomacy just about right the first time, but we've added new graphics, units, and technologies for the new Civs.
		Sid Meier: Yeah, we were toying with the idea of letting you start your Civ with cavemen in the far distant past.
		Sid Meier: Right now it is. I still want to do it but it wasn't working.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/august02/gencon/meier (457 words)

	GameSpot:Video Games PC Xbox 360 PS3 Wii PSP DS PS2 PlayStation 2 GameCube GBA PlayStation 3
		The body of Sid's work can be seen as a microcosm of the industry's journey from the early Apple and Commodore 64 games to today's hi-tech PCs, and for that alone it has historical significance.
		The Sid Meier philosophy has always been to keep the pace of the game moving, and to keep it fun.
		Throughout his career, Sid has managed, much in the same manner as a good film director or novelist, to cut to the essence of whatever secret he's letting us in on.
	www.gamespot.com /features/sidlegacy (394 words)

	Sid Meier Joins GameSHOUT
		Sid Meier, Firaxis Director of Creative Development, has been called, "The Father of Computer Gaming." In his extraordinary twenty-year career, Sid has created games that have captured the imagination of tens of millions of gamers spanning the globe.
		At MicroProse Sid created a number of popular and innovative games, including: F-15 Strike Eagle, one of the first successful combat flight simulators (selling well over a million units worldwide), and Silent Service was a ground-breaking submarine simulation.
		In Sid Meier's Civilization, the player began the game in 4000 BCE, in control of a tiny group of primitive settlers.
	www.gameshout.com /sidmeier (507 words)

	Apolyton Civilization Site: Miscellaneous: Interviews: Sid Meier, 4.Oct.01 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sid Meier: I love the different environments in which we can play golf - the grass, trees, flowers, birds etc. My favorite course is Pebble Beachit’s gorgeous.
		Sid Meier: I've always been a big fan of Will Wright and have spent countless hours playing Simcity and the Sims.
		Sid Meier: SimGolf is a fun, light-hearted look at the world of golf and we really want players to use their imaginations and creativity to create the golf resort of their dreams.
	apolyton.net /misc/interviews/simgolf_1sidmeier.shtml (921 words)

	Sid Meier's Pirates! for PC - Sid Meier's Pirates! PC Game - Sid Meier's Pirates! Computer Game
		Sid Meier's Pirates Limited Edition DVD Collector's Box.
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		While this game may look cute, it is in fact as sophisticated and enjoyable as the very best strategy games out there.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/sidpirates/index.html (399 words)

	IGN: Sid Meier's Dinosaurs
		After forming his own development house, Firaxis, with Jeff Briggs in 1996, Sid Meier gave his creativity free reign, producing the classics Alpha Centauri and Civilization III, and posting first notes on a fascinating new project: Dinosaurs.
		Sid Meier's latest diary reveals that his next project could remain indefinitely on hold.
		Sid Meier's game company is still on track and growing even stronger.
	pc.ign.com /objects/013/013689.html (376 words)

	Sid Meier's Railroads Interview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now Meier and his Firaxis team have returned to the genre with the simply titled Sid Meier's Railroads and FiringSquad got some more info on the new game from its lead producer Dan Magaha.
		Sid was in Germany a few years ago for a press tour and he got to visit this model train museum called “Minitur Wunderland”, which is the largest HO-scale model train layout in the world.
		Sid created a really fun prototype of Railroads!, the folks at 2K loved it and the rest is history.
	www.firingsquad.com /games/sid_meiers_railroads (663 words)

	IMG News: Interview with Sid Meier on Civ III
		Computer and Video Games recently had the chance to interview Sid Meier, a man they label as "the undisputed king of all things Sim." One of his current projects, Civilization III, has fans lined up waiting for this title to be released.
		Meier describes Civ III as containing the "light-hearted" fun from the first two titles, refining and improving them, and adding a ton of ideas derived from player feedback.
		As far as multiplayer goes, Meier notes that while some "unique things" are under development, he's not ready to divulge any information yet.
	www.insidemacgames.com /news/story.php?ArticleID=3406 (556 words)

	Amazon.com: Sid Meier's Pirates!: Computer & Video Games: Windows (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now it's time for Sid Meier and Firaxis Games to bring this pioneering action-adventure game into the 21st century.
		Sid Meier is an authoritative designer of some of the leading Role-Play games.
		Sid Meier probably didn't have a whole lot to do with it (hint: Firaxis bought the rights to Civilization from...
	www.amazon.com /2K-Games-710425218392-Meiers-Pirates/dp/B000AOIES6 (2091 words)

	MobyGames - Sid Meier
		Recognized as the "Father of Computer Gaming", Sid Meier has been honored with virtually every major award in the gaming industry and in 1999, was the second person ever to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science’s "Hall of Fame."
		In early 1999, Firaxis released Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, which won "Turn-Based Strategy Game of the Year" from both PC Gamer and Gamecenter, and enhanced it later in the year with Sid Meier’s Alien Crossfire, voted 1999’s "Best Expansion Pack of the Year" by several industry magazines.
		Sid Meier’s Alien Crossfire, the stellar follow-up to Sid Meier’s Gettysburg!, was also released in 1999 and received "War Game of the Year" from Computer Gaming World magazine.
	www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,3 (425 words)

	Sid Meier Alpha Centauri PC Game Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fans of the strategy game Civilization have spent several years waiting for Sid Meier to whip up a proper successor to the last incarnation of the game, Civilization II (Civ2), published by MicroProse.
		The title is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, since the title screen announces that this is "a Brian Reynolds design." But the Meier touch is clearly in evidence.
		They're there (according to Sid himself) to keep you on your defensive toes early in the game.
	www.gamenationtv.com /reviews/alpha.shtml (1152 words)

	GameDaily BIZ: Interview: The Legendary Sid Meier
		At the D.I.C.E. Summit last month we had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the industry's "Game Gods." Sid Meier (right), the Director of Creative Development at Firaxis, talks Civ, the PC market, online and more.
		Sid Meier: We're all excited about this new generation of consoles beginning with Xbox 360, as soon as I can get my hands on one, and the PlayStation 3 coming along.
		Highlights: Sid was honored with an induction into the Computer Museum of America's Hall of Fame in 2002, and he was the second person ever to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science's "Hall of Fame" for Lifetime Achievement in 1999.
	biz.gamedaily.com /industry/feature/?id=12084 (2043 words)

	Mindjack - Interview - Sid Meier
		Sid Meier is one the giants of the computer gaming industry and one of the few designers who gets his name on the box above the title of the game.
		One of the things we improved in Civ III is diplomacy because people said, “the diplomacy system is too simple I want more options because there are things I want to do that I can’t do”.
		Soren Johnson, Firaxis programmer and co-designer of Civ III: It’s important that the team that worked on Civ III included Sid, of course, but also people who were really big fans of the previous game.
	www.mindjack.com /interviews/sidmeier.html (2644 words)

	Sid Meier Interview
		By all accounts, Sid's main contributions to the Colonization project came in the early concept stage and included some polishing just prior to the game being shipped.
		The idea was sound: to produce a Sid Meier's Civilization-style game on the early days of America, leading up to the American Revolution.
		Unlike Sid's best games, however, you reach a point where you are waiting for something to happen; you don't get that rush of new technology, so crucial in Civilization, to keep you riveted for another turn in Colonization.
	www.colonization.biz /sid.htm (798 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Sid Meier's Pirates ! (PC): PC & Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sid Meier's Railroads (PC) by Take 2 Interactive
		Sid Meier's Pirates (Xbox) by Take 2 Interactive
		I have played many Sid Meiers games in the past, and do so still.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Atari-Sid-Meiers-Pirates-PC/dp/B0001D1RMG (1423 words)

	Sid Meier's Pirates! (xbx: 2005): Reviews
		Then Sid Meier may have given you the perfect pirates game.
		Retiring as a pirate/governor is a little insulting when you have the potential to take over the world and appoint your own governors.
		You may remember that Sid Meier is responsible for the insanely addicting Civilization III.
	www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/xbx/sidmeierspirates (2597 words)

	Applelinks.com: Review - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
		I can't recall the first time I played a Sid Meier game; not because it was so long ago, but because I spent so much time playing that my time sense is skewed.
		This is largely due to the games of Sid Meier, which always sell well despite the current trend.
		In Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Firaxis has released the most electifying game on the entertainment market today, and if you listen closely you'll hear the millions...
	www.applelinks.com /reviews/smac.shtml (1150 words)

	Sid Meier's Railroads! Review
		Anyhow, upon installing Sid Meier's Railroads, I was immediately taken by the game's intuitive design and the straightforward interface.
		This way, players are given a chance to enjoy the game and its numerous traits, regardless of their previous experiences with train sims.
		Like I said, Sid Meier's Railroads boasts a unique way of allowing the player to get into the game as quickly and easily as possible.
	www.actiontrip.com /reviews/sidmeiersrailroads.phtml (1416 words)

	GameDaily: Guide to the Xbox Sid Meier's Pirates! video game (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now it's time for Sid Meier and Firaxis Games to bring this exquisitely rich, action-adventure game into the 21st century.
		We could make lame pirate jokes and references until the cows come home, but we'll be tasteful and skip all that.
		Sid is taking his pirate act to Microsoft's console after its successful PC run.
	xbox.gamedaily.com /game/?gameid=4121 (335 words)

	Direct2Drive: Buy Sid Meier's Pirates! Download
		Once you've created a captain, you're given a ship and a few men and tasked with charting your own course through the waters of the Caribbean and the sometimes stormier sea of European politics.
		Based on Sid Meier's 1987 hit of the same name.
		You can download Sid Meier's Pirates!, or any of our other great titles, and start playing them immediately at Direct2Drive.
	www.direct2drive.com /320/product/Buy-Sid-Meier's-Pirates!-Download (577 words)

	GameStats: Sid Meier's Railroads!
		The Golden Age of railroading is back with Sid Meier's Railroads!
		Sid Meier returns for a new strategy game.
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	www.gamestats.com /objects/818/818083 (230 words)

	In Depth: Sid Meier's Pirates! > Preview
		Speed, defense and weapon upgrades will be on the waters to be picked up to add range to weapons or increase the damage that they do, or to increase the ship’s speed, etc.
		Overall, Sid Meier’s Pirates could have been ported over to the Xbox without any changes and it would have been acceptable.
		That the developers are spending the time to bring some console specific tweaks just goes to show the level of dedication they have.
	www.dignews.com /preview.php?story_id=10061 (628 words)

	Civilization III: Home
		Sid Meier talks about Civ and his upcoming release Pirates!
		Sid Meier created the original Civilization computer game in 1990.
		Civilization instantly set the standard and defined a new genre of empire-building strategy games and is still recognized as one of the greatest games of all time.
	www.civ3.com (281 words)

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