Iirc it wasn’t even Meier’s idea to put his name on the games. He was a well known figure in the simulation game genre so when his company was making Pirates! the other co-founder, Bill Stealey, had the idea of putting his name on the box because it was a big departure from their usual games. The idea worked and they just started using his name for every game.
It’s not like Bethesda called their games “Fantasy” - “Civilization” is such a generic name that I respect putting the author’s name before it to avoid any confusion.
Can it still be called “Sid Meier’s” Civilization when he doesn’t even know what the game ships with?
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been playing since CIV2 and it’s been pretty good, but that just strikes me as weird.
I hear John Madden also has very little input into his games. What has this industry turned into???
Don’t even get me started on Tom Clancy.
ego move by a manager
imagine if todd wanted his name in front of every bethesda title
Well, Sid Meier did originally design Civ, Todd Howard was “just” a director / producer.
Iirc it wasn’t even Meier’s idea to put his name on the games. He was a well known figure in the simulation game genre so when his company was making Pirates! the other co-founder, Bill Stealey, had the idea of putting his name on the box because it was a big departure from their usual games. The idea worked and they just started using his name for every game.
It’s not like Bethesda called their games “Fantasy” - “Civilization” is such a generic name that I respect putting the author’s name before it to avoid any confusion.
A game by
Hideo KojimaTodd Howard