This is the english version. Table of questions/timecodes below.
Vidéo sous-titrée en français : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2icil5_civilization-starships-sid-meier-se-confie-a-chroniques2geeks_tech
Sid Meier talks about Civilization, Starships, his own tastes, his "one more turn" addiction, etc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS/QUESTIONS :
- Isn't it too disappointing to play your own games ? (00'01")
- How would you define the art of creating a video game ? (1'12")
- What should a child/student do to follow your steps ? (3'01")
- Do you think that video game has become cooler in the last years ? (3'58")
- What do you answer to people who think video games are useless or even dangerous ? (5'17")
- Do you see yourself as a teacher thru your games ? (6'15")
- Which other video games are so cool that you wish you could have the idea first ? (7'20")
- Are you aware that some people just can't resist your games ? (8'18")
- Do you suffer from the "one more turn" phenomenon ? (8'53")
- When will you stop creating games ? (10'02")
- Why is your name on the game's titles ? (11'26")
- Why is there never any blood or gore in your games ? (12'58")
- Is the video game market more interresting than 10 or 20 years ago ? (14'19")
- Have you ever had a huge crisis, with emergency patching for example ? (15'25")
- In 2005 you said you'd be happy to work on a dinosaur game, so, is it coming ? (15'47")
- Do you hire historians for your games ? (16'24")
- Which of your games was the most advanced at the time it was released ? (17'57")
- Civilization II to Civilization V were designed by other lead designers : was it hard to "give away your baby" ? (18'58")
- Do you have any insights about Civilization VI ? (20'24")
- Will the players of Civilization also play Starships (20'50")
- You belive that our future is up there, in the stars : so, when do we leave ? (21'42")
- If you were a multibillionnaire businessman, would you invest in space conquest like Elon Musk or Richard Branson ? (22'42")
- In his books Foundation, Isaac Asimov pictures the quest for the lost Earth : would it be a nice idea for an expansion pack ? (23'22")
- Is there anything from your game Pirates! in Starships ? (24'24")
- Could you tell us a bit more about the link between Starships and Civilization V : Beyond Earth ? (25'09")
This footage is almost unedited, and published for the (huge) fans. The edited version (with french subtitles) can be found on this same channel.
Journalist : Guerric Poncet, Le Point (France), @guerricp
Recorded February 25th, 2015, in London.