Civ 4 Tech Tree and Manual (Free PDFs)

I’ve seen a few searches show up on my blog for these items, so here are downloadable versions, freely available:

• Civ 4 BTS Tech Tree Poster
• Civ 4 Manual
• Civ 4 Warlords Manual
• Civ 4 Beyond the Sword Manual

These are PDFs, viewable and printable with FoxitPDF or Adobe Reader. These documents are hosted by replacementdocs.com and are subject to location change or publisher whim. With the exception of the Tech Tree, these manuals are also available on your original game DVD for Civ 4 Complete.

Nerding Out: Watching Tron, Playing Decker (a cyberpunk hacking roguelike)

Acting like it’s a rainy day in 1986. Watching a young and smug Jeff Bridges in Disney’s Tron, and playing Decker, a roguelike game based roughly on an old tabletop RPG called Shadowrun. In Decker, you play a William Gibson-style hacker, taking illicit contracts to hack into corporate systems and steal data, fight intrusion countermeasures, and cause general havoc. More fun than it looks, and it looks terrible.