Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Man plays video game for 10 years


CNN, Can you imagine playing a single video game for 10 years?

One man did. And it helped him imagine something else: a bleak, war-ravaged future version of Earth.

A member of the social news website Reddit who goes by the name Lycerius posted his results from a decade-long game of "Civilization II," a turn-based strategy games in which players build their own society. His epic struggle pushed the game to its limits, further than developers ever imagined or planned for.

The "Civilization" franchise is a series of strategy games that allow players to grow small tribes into large, sprawling nations. Players can manage resources, build armies and engage in diplomacy in an effort to grow their civilization into a world leader.

"Civilization II" was released in 1996. But when the third version of the game was released in 2001, Lycerius said, he was already deep into his current game and wanted to see how far he could go.

Full article here

3 comments:

Johnny Sweatpants said...

I'd wager his snozzberry hasn't gotten much action in the past 15 years.

50PageMcGee said...

note that it didn't say 10 years *straight*

i'm reading his reddit post. he says he comes back to it a little bit every week.

DKC said...

Ha-ha - JSP!

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