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COLUMN #106; BY SIROTNIKOV
(11 March 2000, 21:56 EST) The 106th installment of The Column features a first-time writer for the series, Sirotnikov, as he dispenses his advice on how to make CivIII and CTPII better than their predecessors in this article entitled "A Little Advice For CivIII and CTPII".

Comments? Questions? Post them publicly in our forums. -DanQ

C#105: PORTRAIT OF A WEBMASTER
(5 March 2000, 4:12 EST/Misc) Dan was accepting questions about this article for the last 10 days, and the outcome is Column #105: Potrait Of A Webmaster. We're looking forward to your comments. And yes, this column was posted at least 4 hours and 12 minutes later than it should :) -MarkG

PC DATA: FEBRUARY 20-26, 2000
(10 March 2000, 0:02 EST) The Top 10 Selling PC Games list for the week ending February 26, 2000 has been released by PCData.

The top third of the list is an exact duplicate of last week, while the bottom third is of a total different assortment of titles.

In any event, it seems you just gotta love The Sims.

1) The Sims | Electronic Arts
2) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? |Disney Interactive
3) Roller Coaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive
4) Nox | Electronic Arts
5) Age of Empires II: Age of Kings | Microsoft
6) Roller Coaster Tycoon: Corkscrew Follies | Hasbro Interactive
7) Half-Life | Havas Interactive
8) PBA Bowling 2 | Bethesda
9) Hoyle Board Games 2000 | Havas Interactive
10) Unreal Tournament | GT Interactive -DanQ

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5-11/Mar
2000

TIM TRAIN INTERVIEW
ONE BIG HUGE INTERVIEW
(8 March 2000, 23:30 EST) In one of his first interviews since becoming a founding member of Big Huge Games, Tim tackles some of the big questions about why he left Firaxis, why now, and what he sees his role as being at BHG both in terms of contributions to the company and the gaming community.

We would like to thank Timothy not only for taking the time out of his busy schedule to talk to us, but also the timely manner in which he responded to our questions.

We welcome your thoughts in our forums. -DanQ

CIVILIZATION II
15 NEW FILES IN THE DATABASE!
(9 March 2000, 14:55 EST) Who said there are no innovations for Civ 2 anymore? Today we have the first posting of oversized maps, which are much larger than the previous maximum size. These maps have Cinemascope format! Up to 230 squares wide and 140 squares high. Go to the 'Oversized Maps' thread to learn more about this new trick.

In addition to six of these big maps we have a selection of some very fine modpacks, among them the gigantic 'Sacrificial Blood' (10 MB) plus some patches and more maps. Here are the newcomers:

- Atlantic
- Sacrificial Blood
- Big Ancient West Map
- Big Dark Ages Europe I
- Big Dark Ages Europe II

- Big Eurasia
- Big Greater Europe
- Big Pacific
- New York State
- Government Patch
- Nanotechnology Patch
- Paraguay
- The High King of Britain
- Magical History
- Solar System Battle -Sven

GAME YOU SPENT THE MOST TIME ON?
(7 March 2000, 2:36 EST) Gamespot.com is having an interesting poll this week: What game have you spent the most time playing?. For all of us of course, the answer is civ2. Right now Starcraft(bleah!) is leading with 27% with Civ2 at 21%. Vote NOW! Thanks to Pythagoras for posting about it. -MarkG

A HOUSE DIVIDED
(10 March 2000, 7:57 EST) Michael Witry's new alternate-timeline, post Civil War scenario has just been posted on the Mac Scenario page. It includes the gif files for PC users as well as the pict files for Macs. Note: in order to get the sound files, you have to send Mike a review and comments about the scenario! :) -macuser

CIVILIZATION II FOR MAC
LOW PRICES FOR CIV FOR MAC AT MACSOFT
(11 March 2000, 11:22 EST) This is somewhat old news, but have you checked out the MacSoft/GT Interactive store at GT Store: MacSoft lately? The price of Civilization II for Macintosh and Civilization II Multiplayer Gold Ed. for Macintosh (MPG) has dropped dramatically! The original Civ II is selling for $9.99 (US) and MPG for $19.99! Hopefully, the local computer superstores (read as CompUSA and Micro Center) will soon follow suit. They are still selling for Civ II for $32.99 and MPG for 49.99!

The MacSoft store also has a software bundle, "Mac Strategy Pack," containing Civ II, Deadlock: Planetary Conquest, Master of Orrin II: Battle at Antares and Star Control 3 for $29.99. The downside to the bundle is that the manuals are on the respective CDs rather than as hardcopy books. However, if you're like me and half regret sending in my old Civ II CD for the rebate, this is a good way to get copy. Actually, you might find this locally. I picked up the Pack at Micro Center for the same price.

Now is a GREAT time to buy MPG for yourself or for a friend, or both! :) -macuser

Also on this issue: 15 Civ2 Files , Essential Civ3 Vote , Mac SMAC Patch , 50 CTP Maps

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