1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comGreg Tito Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/gregtito/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FpNafTnPFE"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/civ-v-designer-wants-to-champion-the-pc-middle-market/"><i>Civ V</i> Designer Wants to Champion the PC “Middle Market”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/civ-v-designer-wants-to-champion-the-pc-middle-market/embed/#?secret=FpNafTnPFE" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>Civ V</i> Designer Wants to Champion the PC “Middle Market”” — The Escapist" data-secret="FpNafTnPFE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Jon Shafer says he left the comparably huge-budget PC developer Firaxis for the smaller independent shop of Stardock to have freedom. It was big news for such a young designer as Shafer to be named as the lead on a huge sequel with a pedigree as celebrated as Civilization. It’s even more notable that the young designer quit his cushy job at Firaxis mere months after shipping Civ V. Jon Shafer said that he left not because he felt stifled or in the shadow of the great designers in house there, but because he sees more opportunities for PC gamemakers […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/42/42015.jpg