"But I think it's another thing when you retire and you sit back and you see how many perfect games have been thrown in the history and your name's in there.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

"I think it's another thing when you sit back and retire and you see how many perfect games have been thrown in history and your name is in there, I think that's when I will sit back and kind of be surprised."

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

To this day MicroProse continues to use his name to market games like Sid Meier's Civilization and Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon that Meier developed during his fourteen-year tenure with the company.

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Even for consumers, the characteristics that engage are software related: Facebook, Search, games, to name a few.

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But recently, some smaller developers are having an important influence about what games are about, and are getting some help from a big-name "big brother" to take console games in a different direction.

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