Type "Civilization" in google and see the result you get. It might not be something you expected. But, it was something I expected to come up as the first link. Civilization taught me a lot of things in life. As a good observer and a person who loves creativity I feel that anything that's created by people has a lot of philosophy behind it. I don't know if he remembers it, but I was introduced to this game by my friend Shankar in school. Civ2 was an amazing experience.. more than the strategy aspect and fun aspect involved, I loved the way you could recount the historical civilizations of the world. It instantly kept me hooked for hours and hours. I might have spent at least 1 to 2 months of my life in the game in all (which might be very less compared to the diehard civ fans). Strategy games are real fun. For example, Impressions Games' city-building series: Caesar, Zeus, Pharaoh, Emperor etc.. are amazing fun and graphically impressive. Sim City is also another game in which I might have spent 3 or 4 months of my life. And, I read somewhere the other day that "The Sims" became the most successful PC game ever. Anybody who has not heard about it is probably missing the chance to play a lifetime, well two lifetimes, well .. a generation of different families .. virtually. The next time you are sitting around doing nothing just give these a try and let me know if you got hooked or not. There are several other RTS games that are astounding .. for eg. Rise of nations, Medieval Total war 2, Age of Empires series etc..
Strategy games are the joy of PC gaming ... anybody who hates videogames will surely reconsider their choice if they play strategy games. They teach a lot to both kids and adults alike.
This is Sid Meier, the creator of one of the greatest PC strategy games, Civilization.
