Replay Value and the Joy of Rediscovery

Playing an old game can be a new experience — one that teaches you a little about your own life

Andrew Johnston
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10 min readJul 4, 2021

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Lately, I’ve been playing a lot of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, the 1999 science fiction spinoff of the legendary Civilization series. I’d really never expected to play this title again — it was one of several “archive” games in my GOG…

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Andrew Johnston
SUPERJUMP

Writer of fiction, documentarian, currently stranded in Asia. Learn more at www.findthefabulist.com.