3. Civilization IV

Attack of the 200-foot Construction Workers

Suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome or a particularly wretched case of insomnia? Who cares? For what is a little pain when the most significant thing in your life is that very next turn?

Sid Meier must be some kind of wizard, because few PC games have Civilization IV’s power to glue us to our seats for hours (or days), to stare at tiny army men until our retinas detach from our eyeballs. Who’d have known building and conquering cities, expanding your empire, and sharing a cup of tea with the likes of Queen Elizabeth and Gandhi could be so addicting?

Scout, or rading party?

Civilization IV makes you part of mankind’s history by challenging you to guide a single settlement of primitives through the Ancient world, the Classical era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, the present, and beyond. It’s such a genius formula that Civilization titles have become the most important and awesome PC games of our time.

A civlization to stand the test of time

The ship has sailed!