After plugging The Learning Channel and Discovery
for you in the USofA, it seems as if the good old BBC is finally catching up on the Egypt
theme. Why? Well, on Saturday 3rd April there's a programme
on BBC2 at 8.15pm called "Egypt's Lost City" that might be of
interest. Here's what the Culture section of the Sunday Times had to say about it:
The archaeologist Tony Spawforth presents an
engrossing programme on Akhenaten, the megalomaniac 14th-century BC pharaoh who fathered
and preceded Tutankhamen. Spawforth identifies Akhenaten's doomed attempts to
overturn Egypt's traditional religion as the first recorded instances of monotheism.
Some evidence suggests that he and Tut were whacked by polytheistic assassins.
Well, I'd say that sounds pretty interesting.
It's virtually bang in the middle of the period which will be covered by the game,
so it's probably worth a look if you're in the UK or can receive BBC2. For you
outside the UK, don't worry - it'll probably turn up on BBC World in a few months or so.
However, I'll try to watch it if I'm around at 8.15 next Saturday evening, and I'll
post in the forum telling you all about it:)!
Hmm...personally, I think it might be somewhat
premature to start talking about possible release dates, but who am I to stifle the free
speech expressed in the forums;)? Anyway, some people have wondered when the game
might be released this autumn. Myself, I reckon that even an autumn release date
might not be attainable - it might just be out by Christmas, but IMHO don't hold your
breath. Remember, those are my own personal views, not those of Impressions or
Sierra, and I would love to see the above thesis disproved. However, Tiberian Sun
and Daikatana are only the most recent games to show how release dates can rapidly
disappear weeks, then months, then even years, into the distance. We'll see, eh?
For the moment, though, give your 2p in the forum.
Another hot topic in the aforementioned forum at
the moment is what the gods will be able to do to you if you fail to please them.
Here's what one of our forumers had to say:
My thoughts about the game
would include a priesthood capable of placing a 'curse' on your neighbors crops...thus
creating dependence and servitude to Egypt. Also health and prosperity links related to
the manipulation of priestly duties. The Pharaoh's were totally dependent on the advise of
the priesthood, who tranlated the will of the gods into the machinations promoting their
control of the Egyptian Empire. Pharaoh's were treated 'as gods' and by the passing of
time 'became' gods in the fokelore of their greatest as a deified ruler.
The forums are growing nicely and are even
beginning to bear some fruit (hence the pic on the right;)). In particular, the
thread about the Natives is getting someinteresting responses. The subject has now
broadened out into the aspect of trading, and not just with the natives. Here is one
of the latest comments to appear there:
I think being able to
set each warehouse for export or not is an excellent idea! That way market ladies (or
whatever they will be in Pharaoh) don't take goods you want to trade and traders (natives
and others) don't take from the warehouse you wanted to use for a certain neighborhood.
Also, I wish we could use the natives for labor. I hate seeing all that manpower wandering
around and not doing anything. Maybe over time they could slowly start helping out more
and more.
So, what do you think? Do you agree or not?
Have your say now in the Natives thread!
This has not been a good week. First I get
stuck in a traffic jam, and then I come down with the flu:(. I'm feeling a bit
better at the moment, though, so expect the updates to come more regularly from now on
(unless I suffer a relapse or something).
However,
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