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Soren Johnson (Part I) — Building Civilization Through 4X Design, Bridging Digital and Physical Gaming, Navigating the Evolving TCG Landscape, and Crafting Games for Varied Playtimes (#49)
Think Like A Game Designer
The Origin Story of the 4X World
Sylvester McCoy grew up in the 80s playing lots of video games, played a lot of Sid Myers games. In college, he was a computer science history double major. He says working on the civil series would have been the absolute perfect path for him if he had thought of it at the time. "I just like being able to get computers to do things"
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