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8/21    Iain Banks next book is late b/c he played too much Civ:
        http://forums.idlethumbs.net/showthread.php?p=64916
        \_ I loved his references to Civ in Complicity. Mind you, he wanted
           Civ Advances like Pharmaceuticals and City Improvements like
           Addictive Substances to keep his cities in line....
           \_ I thought the newer Civ allowed for custom user mods?
              \_ Of course, and so did Civ2, but Banks is not a modder.
                 \_ Well there's that.  I haven't tried but I thought it was
                    supposed to be *really* easy to do.  shrug.
                    \_ Oh, you're absolutely right, it's easy to do, but I'm
                       here to tell you, modding is even more of a time-sink
                       than the actual game itself.

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forums.idlethumbs.net/showthread.php?p=64916ThumbBot's Avatar Join Date: May 2004 Location: The information superhighway! Posts: 0 Default Novelist Iain Banks forgets to work, misses deadline, blames Civilization. Awesome Image British newspaper The Independent is reporting that notoriously grim Fiction / Science Fiction novelist Iain Banks has missed a writing deadline for the first time because of video game addiction. The award-winning Novelist also famously brags that he knocks out a book in a few months and spends the rest of the year charging about Scotland in a Ferrari, feeling slightly guilty about not doing anything worthwhile. Banks latest book which was due in time for Christmas, will be delayed until some time next year because Banks, like many before him, fell prey to the evil of Sid Meier. Said Banks, I played it for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD. I had to ask for an extension for the first time, which made me feel just like I was a student again." So there we have it, its all Firaxis fault that we wont be getting a new Banks book this Xmas, and when we finally do get it, it will be heavily focused on granaries, the cure for cancer and winning the space race. SpiderMonkey Thumb Citizen Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 199 Default Iain Banks: In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD. I had to ask for an extension for the first time, which made me feel just like I was a student again. I keep installing and then deleting Counter-Strike in exactly the same manner. Luckily Steam means I'm not throwing away 20 each time I metaphorically smash the CD. Send a message via Yahoo to Wrestlevania Lightbulb Bing! SpiderMonkey: I keep installing and then deleting Counter-Strike in exactly the same manner. Luckily Steam means I'm not throwing away 20 each time I metaphorically smash the CD. loonyboi's Avatar Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 305 Default Awesome. I'll add him to the list of people whose lives have been ruined because of Civ. Somebody make a newspost about me skipping work because I'm addicted to Capcom/Squaresoft games please... You have heard that pouring your sperm into her tea is the best way to attract her 'Text Spaff and see if he's okay. hoofhearted Thumb Tourist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Default Quote: In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD... because I realized that I'll never be able to write anything as engrosing as Civilization. Send a message via MSN to Yufster Default Civ 4 isn't as good as Civ 3.. You have heard that pouring your sperm into her tea is the best way to attract her 'Text Spaff and see if he's okay.