Sid Meier Inducted Into Computer Hall Of Fame

Thanks to Firaxis for their press release revealing their founder Sid Meier has been inducted into the Computer Museum of America's Hall of Fame, after the museum "asked the public to choose their favorite innovators", joining gaming luminaries such as Nolan Bushnell and fellow inductees such as Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Jay Miner. Meier is best known for classic Microprose games such as Civilization, and GameSpot has an update on his latest title, a remake of Pirates!, noting it's "known to utilize the GameBryo 3D engine used by the Morrowind and Dark Age of Camelot series", and touting "multiple paths to a wealthy, happy [piratical] retirement."

Comments

Pirates was a great educational game

[Prien715]

But that's not something I realized when I first started to play it.

Consider this comment I made on slashdot a couple weeks ago:
" I was sitting in 6th grade class and my teacher was talking about pirates during the Spanish empire. Someone asked why they didn't use large warships like galleons and instead preferred smaller vessels. I raised my hand and answered that larger vessels are often at the mercy of the wind. Smaller vessels, like Sloops, typically had oars. Even if the wind weren't going your way, it was possible to board a ship.

The teacher asked where I learned that, and I felt kind've embaressed. I couldn't really say a Nintendo game could I?"

Aside from maritime combat history, I also learned the name of most of the towns and islands in the Carribean. When's the last time a game did that for you=)

Re:destiny of an emperor

[Anonymous Coward]

Correcting spelling on Slashdot is more than a hobby, it's a full-time occupation.

You've got to love a game that fits on 2 floppies

[citadelgrad]

Greetings from he who makes mortals tremble!

We note that your civilization has not even discovered the Internet. Do you care to exchange knowledge with us?

We ignore your hollow threats!!

Sid Meyer Worship

[Zack Evergreen]

*Builds Shrine to Sim Meyer as the 32nd wonder of the internet world*

*Geeks Beet Zack to it*

*Switches to fundementalism and delivers Slashdot from the Comunist open sourcers*

On a completely unrelated note (or is it?) why don't non breaking spaces work? Anyone know why?