Overview of civ5 previews

[Shabbaman]

Pretty cool.

The "Giant Death Robot" is a giant bipedal mechanical robot armed with a variety of missiles, Gatling gun arms, laser-beam eyes and a deadly kung-fu punch. Although not currently found in the modern battlefield, no doubt across the world governments and evil corporations are secretly developing these metal behemoths even as we speak. When these robots come into service, all of the world's other weaponry will become obsolete, and humanity's fate will be decided by a climactic battle between armies of good and evil Giant Death Robots in the streets of downtown Tokyo (assuming that the giant radioactive monsters don't get us first.)

I like the "will become obsolete" part. I also like giant death robots, so I think I'll like the Giant Death Robot.

[Shabbaman]

How To Beat Three People At Civilization V Multiplayer is funny:

The fog thing will not be your only mistake. You will, by turn 22 have learned some things that a wisely-run civilization should not do.

1) Don't build Mecca in a desert, no matter how historically accurate that may seem. Primitive, game-starting man can't yet drill for oil, can't build farms yet. He can fish, but boy do those forests just out of reach look good for cutting lumber. Too bad forests aren't in the desert.

2) Don't send your scouts toward the barbarians at the south, after they just got roughed up by the barbarians in the west.

3) Don't assume computer-run city-states Venice and Cape Town are going to help.

[ProPain]

That article and the screenies do make me curious after the game.