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A Closer Look At 4X Games: The “X” Is For Extreme Civilizations

Written by Aurabolt | July 14, 2009

Civilization 4

I seriously doubt most people know what 4X games are, at least when they are referred to by that name. They’re generally known as “civilization building” games, a sub-genre of strategy games where the player builds a society and develops it from the ground up, dealing with other civilizations through trade, political talks, or abstract violence. Games in this genre started out with Sid Meier’s “Civilization” back in 1991, but the name of the genre was coined by game writer Alan Emrich. The “4X”s, a pun of the well-known porn term XXX, refered to the games’ four precepts which don’t start with the X at all; explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate. [Continue Reading]

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