Talk:Firaxis Games
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Slogan
editI'm starting to doubt if Firaxis's slogan is The Firey Axis of Creativity. It might be Games that stand the Test of Time. --Munchkinguy 20:06, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- They may have changed it at some point. Anyway, it looks like it's the latter one. I changed it in the infobox. — Frecklefoot | Talk 21:00, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)
Gettysburg link
editThere are two different internal links to the Gettysburg game, one for Sid meiers Gettysburg, and one for an unexistant Gettysburg(video game) page. I'me a noob to editing, so I dont know if I should change the link or create the second page (as a redirection?) Thanks.
List of games section
editRespected editor Zntrip changed the list of games sections from a bare list to a table. While I agree the old list was rather lacking, the table makes it look like the platforms the game was released the most important feature of the game:
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS | iOS | Lin | Mac | PS3 | PSP | Wii | Win | WP | Xbox | X360 | ||
| 1997 | Sid Meier's Gettysburg! | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1998 | Sid Meier's Antietam! | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1999 | Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 1999 | Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
How about ONE column for platforms (see List of Electronic Arts games for an example) and a column with a very short description of the game? I think this would be far more useful. This would also save a lot of space, since Firaxis normally doesn't release games on a ton of platforms. Example:
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Meier's Gettysburg! | 1997 | Win | A real-time tactical video game of the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Sid Meier's Antietam! | 1998 | Win | A real-time tactical video game of the Battle of Antietam |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | 1999 | Linux, Mac, Win | A critically acclaimed science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game |
| Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire | 1999 | Linux, Mac, Win | An expansion to Alpha Centauri |
Like I said, I think the move to a table was a good one, but I'm not sure the columns are the most relevant for their games. Any thoughts? — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 01:05, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
New table for games
editSince no one responded above, how about something like this?
| Title | System | Release date | Publisher | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (1997) | Microsoft Windows | 1997 | [citation needed] | |
| Sid Meier's Antietam! | Microsoft Windows | 1998 | [citation needed] | |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | [citation needed] | |
| Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire | Microsoft Windows | 1999 | [citation needed] | |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III | Microsoft Windows | 2001 | [citation needed] | |
| Mac OS | [citation needed] | |||
| Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World | Microsoft Windows | 2002 | [citation needed] | |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests | Microsoft Windows | 2003 | [citation needed] | |
| Sid Meier's SimGolf | Microsoft Windows | 2002 | [citation needed] |
If no one objects, I'll finish it and add it to the article. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 09:40, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
It's cool. I like it. Tanisho4Real (talk) 12:28, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
Why no pronunciation?
editIt always seemed obvious to me that it is a contraction of "fire-axis", and is pronounced that way, but a lot of people in youtube videos say "fer-AX-is", which seems absurd. And often they slur it to "frAXis". Any official info on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77Mike77 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 12 May 2016 (UTC)