#civilization So, I have to be honest: I've spent two years avoiding Civilization V on purpose. It's not that I have anything against the evolution of city-states into empires, or that I find resource-gathering, diplomacy, and warfare uninteresting. In fact, it's exactly the opposite: I am deeply, painfully susceptible to the classic Civ player crisis of, "Just... one more... turn!" There's a great wide hex-gridded world out there, and I have to be responsible for all of it. More »