Guess Who Got Sucked into Civ III Tonight?

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Yup, that’s right. So much for fanatical bloggers bringing you the finest in political entertainment, huh?

(looking around quickly)

Here: it’s the latest Dave Barry article about Edwards and bowling. Why did I pick this? Umm… it was on the Post-It note… lemme read…. right, because of this:

As the crowd dispersed, I overheard this exchange between an Edwards volunteer and a bowler:

Bowler: Go Bush. You guys suck.

Volunteer: You shouldn’t generalize. We don’t ALL suck.

Bowler: Yeah, you do.

That’s what’s so great about the primaries: people talking about issues.

(pause)

Well, it seemed hysterical at 3 PM. Or symbolic. Or something. Work with me, I’m out of material and still seeing Civ III maps whenever I close my eyes.

16 thoughts on “Guess Who Got Sucked into Civ III Tonight?”

  3. Civ III, is short for “Civilization III”, which is a computer game about taking over the world. I personally prefer Europa Universalis, which is sorta the same thing, except it’s a bit more realistic.

  5. Civ III… Our dirty little secret…
    I wonder what amazing things I could have created in all the hours that game has stolen away from me.

  6. Ah, Civ3. “My passion… my pain…”
    BTW, if you really get into Civ3, swing on over to http://www.civfanatics.com and check out their Succession Games. Some *truly* insane stuff over there.
    [Charis’ two games in Stories & Tales — Celtic Christmas and the Mongolian Peace-Keepers — are also simply unbelievable too.]

  7. Oh, Moe. Moe, Moe, Moe. How many /days/ have I lost because I woke up in the morning intending to play a few turns, and then realized it was the afternoon and I was hungry? Or decided to play “just one more turn” in the evening and then looked up and noticed the sun was rising?
    I feel your pain.
    Have any particular civ traits you prefer?
    By the way–my personal recommendation is to head over to the Civfanatics site mentioned above, and download the Artillery Mod. It makes changes and improvements to the artillery and sea units that improve their effectiveness and balance, and make combined arms far more useful. Many other changes are made as well, and I consider it /the/ way to play Civ3.

  9. “I’m out of material….”
    Nonsense! You can’t find something in one of my many posts of the past couple of days of interest? Oh, woe! (And have pity on those of us still forced to work with an ancient, steam-driven, Pentium I, where the best we can do is endless games of Age Of Kings, while we dream of someday getting a P3.)

  10. Pentium I? Bah, you can still play Civ2. 😛 I used to play that one on a 486 DX2-100 just fine.
    Or if you really want to dig deep into the dossil record, go for Warlords 2. TBS gaming at its best for that era.

  11. Volunteer: Bullshit. Walter!
    Bowler: This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
    Volunteer: Come on Walter, it’s just… so his toe slipped over a little, it’s just a game.
    Bowler: This is a league game. This determines who enters the next round, am I wrong?
    Volunteer: Yeah, but–
    Bowler: Am I wrong!?
    Volunteer: Yeah, but I wasn’t over. Gimme the marker, Dude, I’m marking it an eight.
    Bowler: My friend, you’re entering a world of pain.
    On to South Carolina!

  13. Civ III, while a perfectly okay game, is a step backwards from Civ II — which was the Best Game Ever.
    Civ III has some fun bits: interactive board (ooh, look, horses), leaders and armies, the special Civ traits (religious! scientific!), culture-powered borders. But it also has some really crap bits: the addled and useless intelligence system, the ridiculously over-the-top corruption, the slooooow pace of the final century or so. Overall it’s still worth playing, but it was a disappointment compared to II.
    Man, did that game suck time out of my life.
    Mmm.
    Doug M.

  15. I’ll have to agree with Doug… Civ III is a good game but Civ II required a 12 step program to quit playing.
    You gotta love Elvis as a personal adviser.

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