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# Sid MeierSid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

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- **What is this?** Sid MeierSid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games by sid meier
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Sid MeierSid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Calm, intelligent memoir for the lovers of Sid Meier games
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024*

As a fan of Sid Meier games, I liked this one. Lots of interesting stories like the unreleased dinosaur game, the non-existent atomic Gandhi bug myth (yes guys, it's not real!), the inspiration Sid had for all his games, based on his real hobbies and interests (golf, history, trains, etc.), and many more. It's a strong recommendation for all the fans.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    It's Sid Meier!  If that means something to you, you will probably love it.
  

*by D***D on Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2020*

I grew up with Sid Meier's games and love them to this day.  I also love reading about early video game development -- it was quite an interesting industry at the time and I find it fascinating to read about the various small shops that were responsible for some great early games.This is all to say, I am very squarely the target audience for this book, and I really enjoyed it.  But, quite frankly, it wasn't a great book.  The prose was fine, the insights were fine, the organization of the book was fine.  It was a pretty good book about a topic that I am extremely interested in.  If you are even modestly interested in Sid Meier or early game development, I think you'll find this a worthwhile read.  If those topics don't appeal to you, then you should probably look elsewhere.This is not a great piece of literature.  It's not Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.  If you don't bring an interest for the topic, I don't think you'll find it as you read the book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Read for Aspiring Game Designers
  

*by D***C on Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2021*

I’ve played far too many hours of Civilization throughout my life. If you haven’t, or you’re not an aspiring game designer, then you may find large sections of Sid Meier’s Memoir! hard to appreciate. But I do love Sid Meier’s games and I do dabble in making games as a hobby. So, I really appreciated this memoir that takes you through Meier’s entire career as well as some of his rules of game design that have made him so successful.This book is not a deep dive. Each chapter, which generally covers a game or two, provides some insight about how a game was developed and why it worked (or did not work) for the player. But the chapters are short, and many of them concentrate on just one aspect of the game or Meier’s philosophy. The two things I found most interesting were the inspiration behind each game, and the gameplay rules that Meier learned over time.It’s not a tell-all, and it doesn’t cover much about the video game business. You won’t get a play-by-play about the development of Civilization VI. Meier says that he left much of the business side to his partners. Instead, this is a book about the creative process.Meier touches on enough of his personal life to give you a general outline of his life and some of the real-life hobbies that led to some of his best games. Again, most of the details are left out, but there’s enough there to be inspiring. The thing I found the most surprising in the entire book, is that despite his high position, Meier continued to be an active participant in the programming of his games (or at least the prototypes) late into his career.In short, Sid Meier’s Memoir! is limited in its scope. It’s mainly about game design and the creative process. But it does that well. You won’t quite feel like you’re in the trenches with the team making Civilization, but you will feel like you have a sense of where their head was at. The lessons about game design and the creative process that Meier provides are drawn from deep experience and most seem self-evidently true. The writing is clear and the insights are real. If you loved his games or you want to make games, you should read this book.

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