Sid Meiers: The Greatest Canadian
February 21, 2007 · By Aaron Unruh
Victorino Matus has written a long and fascinating article on the remarkable game designer Sid Meiers. Check it out:
Speaking of celebrities: A movie or book or CD of such mammoth popularity would by now have turned its creator into the prey of paparazzi. But Sid Meier, the creative genius behind Civilization, is decidedly a noncelebrity. He turns 53 this month. He was born in Canada and raised in Michigan. After graduating from the University of Michigan, where he studied computer science, Meier went to Hunt Valley, Maryland, to work for the General Instrument Corporation, which made computerized cash registers for department stores. Meier had always taken an interest in computers–his first PC was an Atari 800 in 1979. Soon, he was making his own games…
Question. Why wasn’t Meiers included in the running for The Greatest Canadian?
1. He left.
2. Probably most didn’t know he was Canadian.
Cool: I didn’t know Meier was Canadian. He’s a game design genius. Thanks for the interesting link.