Tag: civ iv bts

  • Simplification disaster: The Case of Shafer v Civilization

    How does it happen that a shining success fades into failure, that a popular series falls out of favor, that a great product line drops off into obscurity? Those are the questions I’ve pondered for the past few years after my favorite video game series, Sid Meier’s Civilization, went completely off the rails at version…

  • Aspyr finally releases Mac version of Civ IV: Beyond the Sword

    UNBELIEVABLE – video game publisher Aspyr has finally released a Mac version of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword expansion pack only TWO YEARS after it came out for Windows. What the heck? (Tip o’ the cap to CivFanatics for alerting me to the news). I may be peeved but that probably won’t stop…

  • Civ IV: Beyond the Sword Arriving for Macs?

    (UPDATE2: July 31: Or YES, finally yes! Aspyr has released the Mac version of Beyond the Sword. See my blog post here.) (UPDATE May 17: Or not — As a commenter points out below, Aspyr has taken down the promo page and replaced it with the depressing text: Requested product does not exist. Alas…) Its…

  • Apple forgets to ask Civ creator about Missing Mac version

    I have to admit that even though I occasionally play computer games on my computers, almost always Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, I had no idea that Apple had started a dedicated web site about gaming on the Mac until I caught this link over at Inside Mac Games. Three cheers for Apple for encouraging and…