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08-18-2006, 04:45 AM
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Novelist Iain Banks forgets to work, misses deadline, blames Civilization.
 British newspaper The Independent is reporting that notoriously grim Fiction / Science Fiction novelist Iain Banks has missed a writing deadline for the first time because of video game addiction.
Banks regularly works gaming into his Sci/Fi novels, even titling one " The Player of Games". The award-winning Novelist also famously brags that he knocks out a book in a few months and spends the rest of the year charging about Scotland in a Ferrari, feeling slightly guilty about not doing anything worthwhile. This year was different however. Banks’ latest book which was due in time for Christmas, will be delayed until some time next year because Banks, like many before him, fell prey to the evil of Sid Meier.
"It's all because I became a serial addict of the computer game 'Civilisation' [sic]” Said Banks, “I played it for three months and then realised I hadn't done any work. In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD. It is very unprofessional of me. I had to ask for an extension for the first time, which made me feel just like I was a student again."
So there we have it, it’s all Firaxis’ fault that we won’t be getting a new Banks book this Xmas, and when we finally do get it, it will be heavily focused on granaries, the cure for cancer and winning the space race. Fuck you Sid Meier.
Digg this story.
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08-18-2006, 04:57 AM
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Thumb Citizen
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Iain Banks:
In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD. It is very unprofessional of me. I had to ask for an extension for the first time, which made me feel just like I was a student again.
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Hahahaha, brilliant. I keep installing and then deleting Counter-Strike in exactly the same manner. Luckily Steam means I'm not throwing away £20 each time I metaphorically smash the CD. |
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08-18-2006, 05:29 AM
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[not a Chez Long]
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Bing!
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I keep installing and then deleting Counter-Strike in exactly the same manner. Luckily Steam means I'm not throwing away £20 each time I metaphorically smash the CD.
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You could always smash your modem instead...  |
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08-18-2006, 06:28 AM
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Miscellaneous
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Location: Brighton UK
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It should be noted that most of the UK Thumbs staff are Iain Banks fans. gotta love those Minds.
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08-18-2006, 06:30 AM
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Man of tomorrow
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Awesome.
I'll add him to the list of people whose lives have been ruined because of Civ.
Muahahahahahahahah.
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08-18-2006, 06:31 AM
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Master of Science
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tsk tsk ...
now he knows how it is when game designers rip the pages from his books and burn them.
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08-18-2006, 07:28 AM
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Man of tomorrow
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We're going to send him a copy of Warlords, a copy of Civ IV and a dvd with all the Civ Anon ( http://www.civanon.org/) videos. 
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08-18-2006, 08:04 AM
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haha nice one |
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08-18-2006, 08:11 AM
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[not a Chez Long]
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Newsflash
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We're going to send him a copy of Warlords, a copy of Civ IV and a dvd with all the Civ Anon ( http://www.civanon.org/) videos. |
Next week's headline: Sid Meier's company rebrands as Firaxis of Evil.  |
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08-18-2006, 09:11 AM
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Fnarrrr
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/golfclap
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08-18-2006, 09:32 AM
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Back from the dead
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That's great. Both the story and the sending him new discs.
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08-18-2006, 11:45 AM
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I can count to G!
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WTF?!
Somebody make a newspost about me skipping work because I'm addicted to Capcom/Squaresoft games please...
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08-18-2006, 02:52 PM
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Rhythm game star/loser
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loonyboi:
We're going to send him a copy of Warlords, a copy of Civ IV and a dvd with all the Civ Anon ( http://www.civanon.org/) videos. |
Brilliant. I can't wait to see the newspost that results. |
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08-18-2006, 06:04 PM
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Thumb Tourist
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In the end, I had to delete all the saved files and smash the CD...
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...because I realized that I'll never be able to write anything as engrosing as Civilization. |
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08-19-2006, 02:08 AM
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Thumb Tourist
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what to do
I guess I'll just have to play FreeCiv until the next Iain M. Banks book comes out...
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08-19-2006, 11:12 AM
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Silly Belgian.
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I'll just say this: he racks disciprine.
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08-19-2006, 12:37 PM
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Wretched Demi-Bee
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hoofhearted:
...because I realized that I'll never be able to write anything as engrosing as Civilization.
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Maybe they could do audiobooks read by Leonard Nimoy. |
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08-19-2006, 01:31 PM
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Silly Belgian.
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Maybe they could do audiobooks read by Leonard Nimoy.
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Even better: let it be read by Stephen Hawking. |
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08-19-2006, 02:12 PM
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my god it's full of stars
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I don't think they even need Stephen Hawking for that one.
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08-20-2006, 10:00 AM
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Silly Belgian.
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I don't think they even need Stephen Hawking for that one.
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True, an impersonator would do the job just fine. |
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08-20-2006, 08:40 PM
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Antipodean Thumb
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Absolutely classic.
I wonder if he wants to play some MP when he gets done...
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08-21-2006, 09:50 AM
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I can count to G!
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Civ 4 isn't as good as Civ 3... send him a copy of Civ 3...
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08-22-2006, 12:08 AM
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Wrong, Civ 4 is the best in the series.  |
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08-22-2006, 07:26 AM
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Man of tomorrow
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Wrong, Civ 4 is the best in the series. |
Damn straight.
I mean, they're all brilliant, and I know I'm kinda biased (although technically I did do PR for Civ 3), but the game is so much better without corruption or pollution.
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08-22-2006, 08:10 AM
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Master of Science
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but the game is so much better without corruption or pollution.
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just like reality |
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