Popular movements trumping top-down chit-moving government models is uniquely relevant to the Arab Spring, the Tea Party, Rove-era Republicans, and the Occupy movement, all prominent, and all with their own dynamics and stakes, from the ridiculous and ineffectual to the insidious to the inexorable.Īs Victoria charts the concurrent rise of social consciousness and industrial prosperity in the 19th century, it teaches lessons about chaos, inevitability, and enlightenment. The conventional strategy game paradigm of moving chits on a map, which was so well adapted by Sid Meier in Civilization and so perfectly suited to Cold War containment or invasions of Iraq, has outlived its relevance for anything that doesn’t involve elves or space bears. Victoria II presents history as something that happens because of populations rather than something achieved by individuals or mandated by governments. Victoria is one of the most Important strategy games ever made.Īfter the jump, yeah, I just spelled important with a capital I I’ve never heard of a Europa Universalis Day or Crusader Kings Day or Hearts of Iron Day. It’s a holiday they celebrate in some countries.
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