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CUSTOMIZATION QUESTION
(4 July 2000, 19:35 | Civ3) Drew Heard over at the Civilization Creators website asked Firaxian Chris Pine, Lead Programmer on the Civilization III team, if there would be an obtainable level of customization in the game.
"Yes, there will be customization", Pine responded. "We continue to try to put every file in a common format. In fact, we're trying to make the game more customizable than in Civilization II or Alpha Centauri".
Keep your browsers pointed here for more details on this issue as it becomes available. - DanQ
LONG TIME NO DIARY
(3 July 2000, 16:58 | Dino) Long time no diary. Today, Firaxis posted the long awaited Dino Diary #8.
To start things off, Mike Ely -- who wrote the previous installment -- talked about the crew going to see Disney's Dino movie at the end of May when it debuted on the big screen. In addition to talking about the visual effects, Ely gave the team's take on the talking dinosaurs, quote:
"We won't weigh in on the debate of whether Disney should have made the dinos talk or not, but we will promise no talking dinos in our game. And no Jar-Jar either".
And now, onto the game:
"The clearest path to fun with this dino game of ours is to have lots of dinos, lots of different combos, lovingly crafted and shaped by the player, battling it out for world domination".
You'll find more discussion on this in the Diary itself.
Finally, pages 5-8 dealt with a conversation Sid had with a "store person" in Atlanta in mid-May, while visiting the city for the annual E3 conference, and the aftermath in how he and his wife got to see Disney's aforementioned movie before its official release! - DanQ
THIRD WEEK THIRTY-SECOND
(2 July 2000, 12:34 | CtP) In the 391st installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Civilization: Call To Power holds steady for the third week in a row at #32.
To vote for CTP this and every week, click here! - DanQ
CAN`T STOP FALLING
(2 July 2000, 12:33 | Civ2ToT) In the 391st installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Civilization II: Test Of Time falls once again to the 14th spot in the listing. Last week, it was in 12th.
To vote for ToT this and every week, click here! - DanQ
HONOURABLE POSITION
(2 July 2000, 12:32 | SMACX) In the 391st installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire hangs onto the #4 position on the chart for the third week in a row!
To vote for SMAC this and every week, click here! - DanQ
NEWS IN REALAUDIO©: JUNE 11-20, 2000
(2 July 2000, 12:28 | Misc) The audio broadcast of the June 11-20, 2000 newsletter is now available for broadcasting live, on demand, in RealAudio© format.
To listen, you will need the RealPlayer G2+ installed on your system; you can left-click on the file to have it stream through your player of choice (28.8K+ Internet connection recommended), or right-click to download the 2.1MB file to listen at your convenience at a later time. - DanQ
