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Sid Meier
Memoir & Personal Growth
Sid Meier is an American game programmer and businessman, creator of the Civilization series and cofounder of MicroProse and Firaxis Games.
Biography
Sidney K. Meier (born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer known for designing, producing, and programming many strategy and simulation video games. He is credited with creating the Civilization series and has worked on landmark titles including Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon.
Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 with Bill Stealey and later co-founded Firaxis Games in 1996 with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds, where he serves as Director of Creative Development. Over a long career he has been recognized for his contributions to the video game industry, including induction into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. The reach of his work is reflected in Civilization’s widespread play and commercial success.
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Books by Sid Meier
Sid Meier's Memoir!
Sid Meier's Memoir! is a personal account of Meier’s life and career, recounting the founding of MicroProse after a trip to a Las Vegas arcade and the development of games from Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon to Civilization. Meier writes with warmth and ironic humor about his design philosophy—that a video game should be “a series of interesting decisions”—and shares perspectives on the industry, player psychology, and rules of good game design.