The CivGive is a charity event, organized by various Streamers around TheCivShow.Last year the team managed to raise $42 000 for extralife, and $25 000 were matched by 2K Games.This year the team will be aiming at $75 000 in total, to contribute to GamesOutreach.org, which helps hospitalized children through games to make ther life in the hospital… Read More »
The podcast StudyingPixels has released a new episode: Games as Historical Problem Spaces (with Jeremiah McCall). In this episode Stefan Heinrich Simond, a games scholar from Marbug (Germany), discusses with video game historian Jeremia McCall from the Ohio State University, also know from the blog GamingThePast, about games as historical problem spaces. This means they both address the… Read More »
In short: 2K reports that one of the vendors for their support was breached. The hackers sent out emails to people who had interactions with the 2K support, with a malicious link in it (or trojan attachment, depending on source). If you recently received an email from 2K which you did not expect and you clicked a link… Read More »
ABCClassic, normally a broadcaster for classical music, has published their second episode about computer game soundtracks. This episode is about sci-fi and fantasy soundtracks, and might interest some people here, because it contains 2 songs composed by Christopher Tin (who won the Grammy for the Civ4 main theme) for OffWorld Trading Company (a game by the Civ3 lead… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-third episode of PolyCast, “100 Turns to the Next District“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News00h01m32s | Take-Two Merges with Zynga00h05m24s | Microsoft Announces Ara: Histories Untold Forum Talk00h11m03s | Issues with Production in Civilization VI00h35m52s |… Read More »
If you are a civ-fanatic, and living anywhere close to Boston, then you have one thing to do this weekend: Head to the Revere Beach sand scultping festival. From Friday to Sunday world-renowned sand sculpting artists will be working on their sculptures to win a grand price. The theme of the competition this year is “Wonders of the… Read More »
Relevant for all of us wonder builders: LEGO will release a new set in their architecture line – The Great Pyramid of Giza on June 1. This set contains 1476 pieces, is aimed at an adult audience, and costs 139.99€. Link: https://www.lego.com/product/great-pyramid-of-giza-21058 There are 3 more relevant LEGO sets already available: The Taj Mahal (2022 pieces, 119.00€), the… Read More »
The New Scientist has reported about a new study trying to unravel the meaning of Stonehenge. The scientists assume the constellation of the stones indicate an ancient form of calendar. Their explanation: ““All except two of the sarsens at Stonehenge come from that single source, so the message to me was that they’ve got a unity to them,”… Read More »