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Civilization 2 --- A Gaming Classic

Civilization 2 – A Gaming Classic by Jacob Malewitz The best strategy game ever Civilization is a computer game that deserves to be respected. This article tells you the basics to the biggest sequel to any game ever created. Want to control the world? Want to be able to dictate traffic? Want Sim City but with constant war? Do you want to be treated to your own royal court? Or, do you want peace in all lands? Civilization 2 is the game for you if any of this applies to you. Take an empire from the stone age to the time of space travel. Experience world wars, discrete alliances, and control all the facets that makes civilization itself such a interesting part of world history. What makes Civilization 2 work so much better than the games made after it are the small details. You can control everything, but, unless you’re playing in the later stages of the game, you are never overwhelmed with all the intricacies of making an empire work. This is a major failing in many strategy...

Important Ancient Cities--From Babylon to Rome

Important Ancient Cities--From Babylon to Rome A guide to important cities in history by Jacob Malewitz History is full of interesting cities that laid the foundations for the modern countries of today. This short guide will tell you the basics of cities like Athens and Babylon. The greatest Babylonian leader was Hammurabi. Rome is perhaps the city with the longest history. Athens played a key role in defeating the Persian empire. DID: In Sparta, young men were trained for war from an early age. Babylon – Babylon was at the crossroad of civilization for a millennia, and is perhaps the most important of all cities in antiquity. Babylon is where major leaders of history founded one of the first major cities at the crossroads of civilization, where the Hanging Garden were built (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world), and where the first major laws were enacted. Hammurabi is probably the most important leader of Babylon, as his laws would be forerunners for all future...

Action Gamer: Halo, Doom, and FPS Gamer Experience

You’re not quite building a world, not quite ending a world. You’re usually blowing it up. The modern action game, called the First Person Shooter (FPS) is an interesting amalgam of action films and epic stories. You can lose yourself in the gaming experience. This guide highlights how to enjoy the FPS gaming experience. Keywords: Halo, Doom, FPS, First Person Shooter, Gaming, X-Box Action Gamer: Halo, Doom, and FPS Gamer Experience By Jacob Malewitz You shoot. You kill. You don’t get arrested doing it. You run. You hide. You do get scared occasionally. The modern first person shooter is many things: part action story straight out of a Schwarzenegger film, part endless shooting, and part pure joy to play. It takes a different kind of mind to enjoy the FPS, the gaming experience that keeps on giving. This article focuses on enjoying yourself as an FPS gamer, with a few notes. Beginner’s Killings: Perhaps the rise of the first person shooter can be seen in “Castle Wolfenstein,” ...