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Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died

www.pcgamer.com

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Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died

www.pcgamer.com

Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Emrich came up with the idea in a 1993 review of Master of Orion, and it stuck.
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    Oh damn, thats a name I admittedly haven’t heard in a while. This guy had a huge impact on the games I played growing up. Still play the Master of Orion games every now and then. RIP

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    He was Snake’s buddy in Metal Gears Solid

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      He’s been my buddy since master of Orion ❤️

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    May he rest in eternity.

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    Nemo’s War is an outstanding solo game, probably one of the best, both tematically and in how much life it has.

    As a cooperative though, it is a quite complex game that make it teaching a bit of an ordeal (IMO). So joining someone’s play makes you feeling as if you were dragged along an old sea captain through the complexities of a highly technical submarine.

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    Named it 4X; but the X stands for words that begin with E.

    Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate.

    Why aren’t they 4E games? 🤦‍♂️

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      Because the Ecks is what you hear in all of them.

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      4Ex

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        Scott Pilgrim’s Civilization

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      Thats Stellaris

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