Real-world sensitivities and game names

JimMorrison · #15 July 14th, 2008, 04:32 PM

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capnq said:

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HoneyBadger said: Another good saying is "Beware the man who would keep knowledge from you, for he would be your master". I don't know who said that, off the top of my head, but I do have the power to look it up, and the will to form my own opinions about that saying, and the person who said it, separate the two, and take value from each, individually and as a sum.

That's from the computer game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

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Commissioner Pravin Lal said: As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

I really loved that quote. Well, AC was such an awesome game, so uch better than Civ can ever be at this point, I think. 8 \ Oh where are you Alpha Centauri II??