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Firaxis Games
Company blog · firaxis.com/bloggamesprogramming
Firaxis Games is the company blog at firaxis.com, writing about games and programming. Since 2008, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as the homepage of Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization and XCOM. The comments are a job listing from an employee and a quote from Sid Meier, not remarks on any writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome to Firaxis Games. Creators of Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, XCOM, and Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Explore our latest news, games, and career openings.
What Hacker News says?
Firaxis Games | Engineers | Baltimore, MD (some ONSITE / some Remote) | Full-Time | https://firaxis.com I've been at Firaxis for 14 years and it's been the best tech job I've had from working in various business sectors. Firaxis drives many franchises including beloved favorites such as "XCOM", and "Sid Meier's Civilization". (Sid still works here, making games!) If you want to "Make Life Epic!" (our motto) through…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)”Submitted Procedural Terrain Generation In Sid Meier’s Civilization V as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSee what Sid Meier says: "I’ve found that the best game designers have a well rounded education that includes the necessary Math, Science, & Computer Science courses, but also focuses on history, literature, science and other core subjects that take their imaginations to many different places. The games I’ve made have been based on topics that have interested me since I was a kid – history, airplanes, pirates, railr…
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on “Majoring in video games”Submitted Do you ever move your settler? (2014) as a story · 1 points
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