![]() ![]() At that point, should you not have won otherwise, you might find your civilization reaching for the stars.Īn early screenshot of Civilization: Beyond EarthĬivilization: Beyond Earth is an exciting new turn for the series. Always, without fail, whenever I play to world conquest I want to keep going I want “one more click.” In Civilization V, the latest and greatest in the series, you can go to 2050. It’s even become a funny meme that there’s always “one more click” in Civilization. ![]() That’s what makes Civilization so much fun to play. How do you play? Do you take over the world through diplomacy, military, or culture? Maybe you do it through economic advantages and slowly but surely usurp your competitors through enslavement? There are a myriad of ways to play the game and countless ways to win. Sid Meier’s Civilization has done the best job at conveying this notion in a way which is fun, accessible, and at least semi-historical. Like Pinky and the Brain, empires throughout history have competed with each other over resources, populations, and the ownership of culture. Throughout history, humanity’s great struggle has been rooted along the lines of something else: taking over the world. But there is very little debate and almost full consensus on one thing: climate change is real. There is debate about how climate change has taken place or the effects human beings themselves have had on such things. They often say scientists are still wondering about the causes or implications of shifts in earth systems. Rather, it is one rooted in scientific data and the necessary sense that humanity has the option of living together or dying alone.Ī lot of people, especially in America, believe climate change is up for debate. This dire warning is not a biblical prophecy. It no longer focuses on “managing” climate change, but “surviving” it. The report on climate change from the United Nations has taken a major tonal shift. Whether it be in the form of war, famine, pestilence, and possibly above all, environmental catastrophe, there is a growing sense of peril which situates humanity at a crossroad. Not in the way biblical prophecy foretells, but in the ways we relate to each other all over the world. Movie after movie, game after game, we see a common core apocalyptic theme that comes through and underlies the very real threat human civilization faces today. The thirteen kingdoms of the world proclaim different narratives for whom the great illuminator is, but it is not until “the generation with no king” speaks that full truth is proclaimed.Ĭivilization: Beyond Earth strikes upon a theme which is common in our media today. Not until the great illuminator arrives is Adam presented with an opportunity for salvation. The Demiurge is responsible for the deluge (the great flood found in the Noah myth, as well as many others throughout the world) and the disparate philosophies found among the nations. There is a sense in the text, as well as in much historical theology, that the Demiurge is another name for Satan (the adversary of humanity). The design of the Demiurge is to destroy humanity. ![]() But by the designs of the Demiurge (an architect), they have been thrust into a series of apocalyptic endeavors which maintain division and separation of Adam, Eve, and the environment in which they live. In this Jewish Apocalyptic text, Adam learns that humanity is more powerful than their Creator. There exists a legend from a more ancient part of the world called The Apocalypse of Adam.įound in the now famous Nag Hammadi Library, The Apocalypse of Adam tells the story of a time in which Adam (Hebrew: man humanity) learns from his wife, Eve, knowledge of the eternal God. In this circumstance, we have to start fresh. After a global catastrophe called “The Great Mistake,” humanity is forced to make its hardest and most momentous decision of our time: perish as a species bound to its own web of life or, plot a mass exodus, flee the planet, and start a new civilization beyond Earth. The difference between Alpha Centauri and Civilization is not in its style of play, but in its setting: not warring nation-states and empires, but the conquest of space-humanity begins to rule the cosmos by culture, military, or diplomacy.Ĭivilization: Beyond Earth takes humanity’s enterprise once again to its cosmic future. Without fail, each release builds upon its predecessor adding to its gameplay in necessary and unique ways.Įarlier today, it was announced that the next installment in the series will be a sort of spiritual successor to another classic Sid Meier title: Alpha Centauri. Sid Meier’s Civilization is uniformly held as one of the best franchises in gaming today. And embark on the greatest journey in human history. And despite our advances in both science and technology, we can no longer deny what is clear: our time on Earth is ending. “ Since the earliest of civilizations, we have made much progress. ![]()
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