PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWherever you learned to love history, it's valid! 🙏lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down14
arrow-up1188arrow-down1imageWherever you learned to love history, it's valid! 🙏lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareFeydlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 days agoI personally learned a LOT about history from civilization games
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoUnironically, the civilopedia entries from Civ 2 were one of my introductions to just how vast and different the past really was.
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI still remember being about 9 years old and reading up on what that hell a phalanx was in the Civ 1 civilopedia. I was slow rolling into the game and they’re great defensive units. Didn’t learn how to pronounce the word for quite a few more years.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoFor god knows what reason, I pronounced it as ‘phanalix’ for the longest time.
I personally learned a LOT about history from civilization games
Unironically, the civilopedia entries from Civ 2 were one of my introductions to just how vast and different the past really was.
Exactly what I was thinking of lol
I still remember being about 9 years old and reading up on what that hell a phalanx was in the Civ 1 civilopedia. I was slow rolling into the game and they’re great defensive units. Didn’t learn how to pronounce the word for quite a few more years.
For god knows what reason, I pronounced it as ‘phanalix’ for the longest time.