Many years ago, when Civilization II was on its way, I’d just started as a writer on the video game magazine Edge. As a fan of the original Civilization, a complex turn-based strategy sim about building vast kingdoms through thousands of years of human history, I was keen to review the sequel and my editor let me. Reader, I became completely addicted. I played the game for two weeks non-stop, leaving many pages of the magazine unwritten. This earned me a very severe written warning. In short, Sid Meier’s series almost ended my career in games writing – which is perhaps why I didn’t review the following four instalments. Now it is back, and I can no longer avoid it. I must face my seductive nemesis.
In many ways, this is the game that I, and many thousands of other fans, have always known and obsessively loved: a complex, far-reaching and fascinating simulation tracking the rise of empires from ancient tribal groups to modern-day superpowers. As a player, you found towns and cities, gather resources and research new technologies, from literacy to nuclear fission, while sending out settlers, merchants and armies to expand your reach and either placate or destroy other nations. Victory can come from military might, cultural cachet or economic domination, depending on how you play and what you’re interested in. No two campaigns are ever the same.
Extra nuance … Civilization VII. Photograph: 2K Games
For this new instalment, coming almost a decade after its predecessor, Firaxis has made some radical alterations. The biggest by far is that you no longer guide a single civilisation throughout the entire campaign. Instead, you select a leader with attributes you admire – the sneaky Machiavelli, perhaps, or how about the wise Confucius – then guide that figure through a series of three distinct historical ages picking a different nation for each section. Each nation has its own unique units and buildings, adding extra nuance to your game. In my first playthrough I started the Antiquity Age with Greece because I really fancied building the Acropolis. Then I flipped to the flighty Normans for the Exploration Age, then finished as the US for the Modern Age. You don’t lose everything in this switching process – all your discoveries and progress points from the previous age remain, and you can opt to keep all your towns. You’re also able to select specific legacies of your past to bring forward.
This gives the game a very definite structure, combatting the malaise that can often occur hours into a Civ campaign when you realise you don’t stand a chance against some brutally powerful neighbour who’s somehow developed an army five times the size of yours. If you’re struggling during one age, you just need to hold out until the next one arrives, giving you the chance to reset your objectives and relationships with nearby nations. It also ensures a technological makeover for all your units, so you can’t enter the modern era with a civilisation that can build nuclear power stations but still fights with spears and gets about the place on horseback. In a sense, it’s like your leader is on a journey through successive domains – which makes it feel more like an adventure than a straightforward sim.
More approachable … Civilization VII. Photograph: 2K Games
There are other changes to make the game more approachable for modern players. Leaders attain attribute points based on achievements in six categories such as culture, science and combat, which can be spent on related skill trees – just like a role-playing game. There are also legacy targets that act as quests, such as building a certain number of Wonders of the World or making key scientific discoveries, moving you towards an outright victory.
Beneath all this, lots of systems have been tweaked and re-thought. Maintaining diplomatic relations with other nations is a multifaceted dance involving the use of a new currency – influence – to organise shared cultural events and economic pacts, or when things go badly, many different types of subterfuge and sabotage. Throughout the years, narrative events crop up like Chance cards in a game of Monopoly, providing moments of humorous challenge. How do you react when a famous poet writes a highly critical epic about you? What do you do when a mysterious stranger demands that you copy and pass on a dusty old scroll to at least three other civilisations or face a terrible curse?
Does it still resemble a sort of digitised board game? No. The landscapes may be divided into hexagonal tiles in the traditions of table-top wargaming, but they are now crammed with colour and authentic detail, from craggy mountains to swirling seas, to lively cities crowded with ornate buildings reflecting both the time period and the civilisation they belong to. Battles play out as animated tussles between intricate miniaturised troops and thundering armoured vehicles. Occasional natural disasters send floods, tornadoes and fires across the map with devastating drama.
One of the key concerns in the run-up to release was the quality of the opponent AI, but to me, it seems like business as usual. You get the nations that hide in a corner and quietly invent space travel before you’ve got a reliable train service, and then there are the warmongers – and I’m looking at you Gilbert du Motier – who start little fights to probe your defences then turn vicious and unrelenting, surrounding your cities and crushing isolated units. Alternatively, there’s always the cross-platform multiplayer mode if you want to pit yourself against human competitors; I wasn’t unable to test this on public servers before release, but it has performed well in previews.
So here we are, more than 30 years after the original game, still hungry to rule the world – and devouring every morsel of maniacal power. Some veterans may balk at the structural changes: Civilization VII is very much the Civilization for now – deep and complex, but with an emphasis on human drama and achievement rather than the sweep of faceless units across a mathematical matrix. There are still few moments in video games as pleasing as building the Hanging Gardens, or discovering a bountiful new location for a town, or marching a phalanx of troops into a battered enemy capital. This game, which once almost cost me my job, will gracefully sneak away with hours, days and possibly months of your life. But then, nobody ever conquered the world in an afternoon.
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After years of anticipation, the latest installment in the popular Civilization series has finally arrived. Civilization VII takes everything that made its predecessors great and elevates it to new heights, offering players a truly immersive and engaging experience.
One of the first things you’ll notice when booting up Civilization VII is the stunning graphics. The game features incredibly detailed landscapes, vibrant cities, and intricately designed units that bring the world to life like never before. From the bustling streets of your capital city to the vast expanses of uncharted territory waiting to be explored, every corner of the map is a visual feast.
But it’s not just the visuals that have been improved in Civilization VII. The gameplay has also seen significant enhancements, with new features and mechanics that add depth and complexity to the experience. From the revamped diplomacy system that allows for more nuanced interactions with other civilizations to the expanded tech tree that offers even more ways to shape your empire’s future, there is no shortage of ways to strategize and plan your path to victory.
One of the most exciting additions in Civilization VII is the introduction of dynamic events that can alter the course of your civilization’s history. From natural disasters like earthquakes and floods to political upheavals and cultural movements, these events add a layer of unpredictability and challenge that keeps players on their toes.
Overall, Civilization VII is a triumph that exceeds expectations in every way. With its stunning visuals, deep gameplay mechanics, and engaging new features, it’s a must-play for fans of the series and strategy game enthusiasts alike. So gather your advisors, rally your troops, and prepare to lead your empire to victory in Civilization VII.
NEW ORLEANS — As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise.
What followed was a monthslong, crisis-communications blitz orchestrated by the New Orleans Saints‘ president and other top team officials, according to hundreds of internal emails obtained by The Associated Press.
The records, which the Saints and church had long sought to keep out of public view, reveal team executives played a more extensive role than previously known in a public relations campaign to mitigate fallout from the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The emails shed new light on the Saints’ foray into a fraught topic far from the gridiron, a behind-the-scenes effort driven by the team’s devoutly Catholic owner who has long enjoyed a close relationship with the city’s embattled archbishop.
They also showed how various New Orleans institutions — from a sitting federal judge to the local media — rallied around church leaders at a critical moment.
Among the key moments, as revealed in the Saints’ own emails:
• Saints executives were so involved in the church’s damage control that a team spokesman briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse. The call, the spokesman said, “allowed us to take certain people off” the list.
• Team officials were among the first people outside the church to view that list, a carefully curated, yet undercounted roster of suspected pedophiles. The disclosure of those names invited civil claims against the church and drew attention from federal and state law enforcement.
• The team’s president, Dennis Lauscha, drafted more than a dozen questions that Archbishop Gregory Aymond should be prepared to answer as he faced reporters.
• The Saints’ senior vice president of communications, Greg Bensel, provided fly-on-the-wall updates to Lauscha about local media interviews, suggesting church and team leaders were all on the same team. “He is doing well,” Bensel wrote as the archbishop told reporters the church was committed to addressing the crisis. “That is our message,” Bensel added, “that we will not stop here today.”
The emails obtained by AP sharply undercut assurances the Saints gave fans about the public relations guidance five years ago when they asserted they had provided only “minimal” assistance to the church. The team went to court to keep its internal emails secret.
“This is disgusting,” said state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans. “As a New Orleans resident, taxpayer and Catholic, it doesn’t make any sense to me why the Saints would go to these lengths to protect grown men who raped children. All of them should have been just as horrified at the allegations.”
The Saints told the AP last week that the partnership is a thing of the past. The emails cover a yearlong period ending in July 2019, when they were subpoenaed by attorneys for victims of a priest later charged with raping an 8-year-old boy.
In a lengthy statement, the team criticized the media for using “leaked emails for the purpose of misconstruing a well-intended effort.”
“No member of the Saints organization condones or wants to cover up the abuse that occurred in the Archdiocese of New Orleans,” the team said. “That abuse occurred is a terrible fact.”
The team’s response did little to quell the anger of survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
“We felt betrayed by the organization,” said Kevin Bourgeois, a former Saints season-ticket holder who was abused by a priest in the 1980s. “It forces me to question what other secrets are being withheld. I’m angry, hurt and retraumatized again.”
Emails reveal extent of help
After the AP first reported on the alliance in early 2020, Saints owner Gayle Benson denied that anyone “associated with our organizations made recommendations or had input” on the list of pedophile priests.
The Saints reiterated that denial in its statement Saturday, saying no Saints employees “had any responsibility for adding or removing any names from that list.” The team said that no employees offered “any input, suggestions or opinions as to who should be included or omitted from” the list.
Leon Cannizzaro, the district attorney at the time, denied last week any role in shaping the credibly accused clergy list, echoing statements he made in 2020. He told AP he “absolutely had no involvement in removing any names from any list.” Cannizzaro said he did not know why the Saints’ spokesman would have reported he had been on a call related to the list.
The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why. They raise fresh questions, however, about the Saints’ role in a scandal that has taken on much larger legal and financial stakes since the team waded into it, potentially in violation of the NFL’s policy against conduct “detrimental to the league.”
A coalescing of New Orleans institutions
The outsized role of Saints executives could draw new attention from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who is scheduled to address reporters Monday as New Orleans prepares to host its 11th Super Bowl. Messages requesting comment were sent to the NFL.
Taken together, the emails portray a coalescing of several New Orleans institutions. U.S. District Court Judge Jay Zainey, who was copied by the Saints on the public relations efforts, cheered Bensel on from his personal email account, thanking the team’s spokesman “for the wonderful advice.” A newspaper editor similarly thanked Bensel for getting involved.
“You have hit all the points,” Zainey, a fellow Catholic, wrote in another email to Bensel, praising a lengthy note the Saints spokesman sent to local newspaper editors. “By his example and leadership, Archbishop Aymond, our shepherd, will continue to lead our Church in the right direction — helping us to learn and to rebuild from the mistakes of the past.”
Zainey later struck down a Louisiana law, vigorously opposed by the church, that would have allowed victims to bring civil claims irrespective of how long ago the alleged sex abuse took place. He declined to comment.
A watershed moment for the Catholic Church
The list marked a watershed in heavily Catholic New Orleans — a long-awaited mea culpa to parishioners intended to usher in healing and local accountability. It came at a time when church leaders were seeking to retain public trust — and financial support — as they reckoned with generations of abuse and mounting litigation that eventually drove the Archdiocese of New Orleans into bankruptcy.
That litigation, filed in 2020, involves more than 600 people who say they were abused by clergy. The case has produced a trove of still-secret church records said to document years of abuse claims and a pattern of church leaders transferring clergy without reporting their crimes to law enforcement.
While it has since expanded, the list of accused priests was missing a number of clergy when it was originally released, an earlier AP investigation found.
The AP identified 20 clergymen who had been accused in lawsuits or charged by law enforcement with child sexual abuse who were inexplicably omitted from the New Orleans list — including two who were charged and convicted of crimes.
Still, the list has served as a road map for both the FBI and Louisiana State Police, which launched sweeping investigations into New Orleans church leaders’ shielding of predatory priests.
Last spring, state police carried out a wide-ranging search warrant at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, seizing records that include communications with the Vatican.
Since the Saints began assisting the archdiocese, at least seven current and former members of the local clergy have been charged with crimes ranging from rape to possession of child pornography.
Public relations campaign
The extent of the abuse remained largely unknown in 2018, a year the Saints won nine consecutive games on the way to an NFC Championship appearance. As the church prepped for a media onslaught, Bensel carried out an aggressive public relations campaign in which he called in favors, prepared talking points and leaned on long-time media contacts to support the church through a “soon-to-be-messy” time.
Far from freelancing, Bensel had the Saints’ backing and blessing through what he called a “Galileo moment,” suggesting Aymond would be a trailblazer in releasing a credibly accused clergy list at a critical time for the church. In emails to editorial boards, he warned “casting a critical eye” on the archbishop “is neither beneficial nor right.”
He urged the city’s newspapers to “work with” the church, reminding them the Saints and New Orleans Pelicans — the city’s NBA team, also owned by Benson — had been successful thanks, in part, to their support.
“We did this because we had buy-in from YOU,” Bensel wrote to the editors of The Times-Picayune and New Orleans Advocate, “supporting our mission to be the best, to make New Orleans and everything within her bounds the best.”
“We are sitting on that opportunity now with the Archdiocese of New Orleans,” he added. “We need to tell the story of how this Archbishop is leading us out of this mess.”
Close relationship between Saints and the Catholic Church
Benson and Aymond, the archbishop, have been confidants for years. It was the archbishop who introduced Benson to her late husband, Tom Benson, who died in 2018, leaving his widow in control of New Orleans’ NFL and NBA franchises.
The Bensons’ foundation has given tens of millions of dollars to the archdiocese and other Catholic causes. Along the way, Aymond has flown on the owner’s private jet and become almost a part of the team, frequently celebrating pregame Masses.
When the clergy abuse allegations came to a head, Bensel, the Saints’ spokesman, worked his contacts in the local media to help shape the story. He had friendly email exchanges with a Times-Picayune columnist who praised the archbishop for releasing the clergy list. He also asked the newspaper’s leadership to keep their communications “confidential, not for publication nor to share with others.”
His emails revealed that The Advocate — after Aymond privately complained to the publisher — removed a notice from one online article that had called for clergy abuse victims to reach out.
Kevin Hall, president and publisher of Georges Media, which owns the newspaper, said the publication welcomes engagement from community leaders but that outreach “does not dilute our journalistic standards or keep us from pursuing the truth.”
“No one gets preferential treatment in our coverage of the news,” he said in a statement. “Over the past six years, we have consistently published in-depth stories highlighting the ongoing serious issues surrounding the archdiocese sex abuse crisis, as well as investigative reports on this matter by WWL-TV and by The Associated Press.”
It was The Advocate’s reporting that prompted Bensel to help the church, the emails show. He first offered to “chat crisis communications” with church leaders after the newspaper exposed a scandal involving a disgraced deacon, George Brignac, who remained a lay minister even after the archdiocese settled claims he had raped an 8-year-old altar boy.
“We have been through enough at Saints to be a help or sounding board,” Bensel wrote, “but I don’t want to overstep!”
In a recent development in the ongoing sexual abuse scandal within the New Orleans Archdiocese, emails have surfaced detailing the extent of the Saints’ assistance to the church in handling the allegations.
The emails, obtained through a public records request, show that the Saints worked closely with the archdiocese to help manage the fallout from the scandal. The team’s senior vice president of communications, Greg Bensel, offered to “help in any way” and even suggested bringing in outside PR help to handle the crisis.
The emails also reveal that the Saints were heavily involved in crafting public statements for the archdiocese, with Bensel providing edits and suggestions on multiple drafts. In one email, he wrote, “We are in this together… I know we will pull through this as a team.”
The extent of the Saints’ involvement in the scandal has raised questions about the team’s role in aiding an institution accused of covering up abuse. Some critics have called for transparency from the team and have questioned the ethics of their support for the archdiocese.
As more details continue to emerge, it remains to be seen how the Saints will address their involvement in the scandal and what implications it may have for the team moving forward. Stay tuned for updates on this developing story.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday revoked the security detail and security clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, according to Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot, an unprecedented move against the former top US general who became a frequent target of President Donald Trump.
Hegseth, in only his second full day on the job, also directed the department’s inspector general to launch an investigation into Milley’s “conduct” to determine whether a review of his rank is necessary. The statement does not specify what conduct Hegseth believes would warrant a review of Milley’s rank.
The Defense Department Chief of Staff, Joe Kasper, said, “Undermining the chain of command is corrosive to our national security, and restoring accountability is a priority for the Defense Department under President Trump’s leadership.”
CNN has reached out to Milley for comment.
Fox News first reported that Milley’s detail had been pulled.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Defense Secretary has revoked security detail and clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, a prominent critic of former President Donald Trump. The decision comes after a series of contentious remarks made by Gen. Milley, who has been vocal about his disagreements with Trump’s foreign policy decisions.
In addition to revoking his security detail and clearance, the Defense Secretary has ordered an investigation into Gen. Milley’s conduct and statements. This move has sparked a debate about the role of military leaders in speaking out against political leaders, with some arguing that it is important for them to voice their opinions, while others believe they should remain apolitical.
Gen. Milley has not yet responded to the decision, but it is clear that this latest development will only further strain the already tense relationship between him and the Trump administration. Stay tuned for updates on this developing story.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Gen. Mark A. Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that he is removing his security detail, revoking his security clearance, and ordering an inspector general inquiry into his record, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.
Mr. Hegseth’s spokesman, John Ullyot, said in a statement that the secretary directed the investigation to determine whether “it is appropriate” to review the rank upon retirement for General Milley, who stood up to President Trump in his first term. Essentially, Mr. Hegseth is asking whether General Milley should be demoted.
“We have received the request and we are reviewing it,” Mollie Halpern, a spokeswoman for the acting Defense Department inspector general, said of the referral to examine General Milley’s actions as chairman.
The general retired in 2023, and at a ceremony marking the occasion he reminded troops that they took an oath to the Constitution and not to a “a king, or a queen, or to a tyrant or dictator, and we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.” Senior Pentagon officials late Tuesday sought to cast Mr. Milley as an insubordinate political operator while in the chairman’s job.
“Undermining the chain of command is corrosive to our national security, and restoring accountability is a priority for the Defense Department under President Trump’s leadership,” Joe Kasper, Mr. Hegseth’s chief of staff, said in a statement late Tuesday.
General Milley could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.
Just days before General Milley’s retirement ceremony, Mr. Trump, then still planning a political comeback, suggested that the general had committed treason and should be put to death.
Amid continued threats from Mr. Trump of retribution against his enemies upon returning to office, General Milley received a pre-emptive pardon from President Joseph R. Biden Jr. hours before he left office last week. (In his first week back in the White House, Mr. Trump had the general’s portrait removed from the hallway in the Pentagon outside the chairman’s offices.)
Since General Milley has been pardoned, he cannot be court-martialed. But a finding against him could lead to a decision to reduce his rank, even in retirement.
General Milley and other former Trump administration officials had been assigned government security details because they remained under threat following the U.S. drone strike that killed the powerful Iranian general Qassim Suleimani in early 2020.
Two Republican Senate allies of President Trump urged him on Sunday to rethink his decision to strip security details from the former advisers who have been targeted by Iran, saying the move could chill his current aides from doing their jobs effectively.
Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas and the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, spoke after Mr. Trump abruptly halted government security protection for three officials from his first term who were involved in his Iran policy and have remained under threat.
Fox News earlier reported that Mr. Hegseth was moving to revoke General Milley’s security detail and order the inspector general review.
As the newly sworn-in defense secretary, Mr. Hegseth has been a sharp critic of General Milley.
General Milley’s split with Mr. Trump had its roots in his decision to apologize also for inserting himself into politics when he walked alongside Mr. Trump in 2020, through Lafayette Square, for a photo op after the authorities used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the area of peaceful protesters. “I should not have been there,” he said later. “My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.”
Mr. Trump’s supporters have also attacked General Milley over his contacts with his Chinese counterpart during the first Trump administration, assuring them that the United States was not seeking to strike them, or trigger a military crisis.
General Milley, 66, was promoted to chairman of the Joint Chiefs by Mr. Trump in 2019. At the time, the president was impressed with his military record and his bearing. But he quickly soured on him. A book published by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, “I Alone Can Fix It,” reported that General Milley was worried that President Trump might attempt to stage a coup after he lost the 2020 election. He made efforts to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and issued a statement condemning the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
The Pentagon has made the decision to remove General Mark Milley’s security detail and has ordered a review of his record following recent controversies surrounding his actions.
General Milley, who serves as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has faced criticism for his alleged involvement in unauthorized communications with China during the final months of the Trump administration. These allegations have raised concerns about the general’s judgment and loyalty to the United States.
In light of these developments, the Pentagon has decided to take action by removing General Milley’s security detail and conducting a thorough review of his record. This decision reflects the seriousness of the situation and the need to ensure accountability within the highest ranks of the military.
As this review unfolds, it remains to be seen what consequences General Milley may face for his actions. However, one thing is clear – the Pentagon is taking this matter seriously and is committed to upholding the integrity and professionalism of the US military.
Those plans — the latest act of political retribution against those deemed enemies of President Donald Trump — will include an inspector general inquiry into Milley’s work. The Washington Post added that probe stems from a desire to “take a star” from Milley, meaning he would be demoted in retirement.
“The ghost of General Milley shouldn’t haunt the Pentagon anymore, nor should it haunt the armed forces,” an unnamed senior defense official told the Post. “This is all about accountability for General Milley.”
Milley has had security protection since Iran vowed retribution after the U.S. assassinated one of the country’s top generals, Qassem Soleimani, during Trump’s first term.
Fox News added that the Pentagon will soon remove a second portrait of Milley from inside the building as soon as Tuesday night. Another portrait was removed last week within hours of Trump’s inauguration.
Milley was one of several targets of Trump’s frustration to receive a preemptive pardon from Biden in his final hours in office.
Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth says he will “immediately” pull retired Gen. Mark Milley’s security detail and revoke his security clearance. Getty Images
Hegseth was confirmed to lead the Department of Defense last week despite a fierce campaign from Democrats who pointed to his inexperience as well as multiple allegations of alcohol and domestic abuse. The former Fox News personality has called for the firing of so-called “woke” military leaders and the removal of women from combat roles.
Milley, who served a four-year term as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under both Trump and former President Joe Biden, has been a vocal critic of the current president and called him a “total fascist” in a recent book by journalist Bob Woodward. Trump in turn has directed his ire at the retired general, suggesting at one point he be put to death after The Atlantic published an interview about Milley’s attempts to protect the nation from some of Trump’s impulses.
“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” Milley told Woodward in the book, published at the end of last year. “Now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”
Trump and his aides have already stripped security protections for others who worked under his first administration, including former national security adviser John Bolton and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Related…
In a shocking turn of events, the new Pentagon Chief has reportedly decided to strip Gen. Mark Milley of his security detail and clearance. This decision has sent shockwaves throughout the military community, as Gen. Milley has been a key figure in the defense department for years.
The reasons behind this drastic move are unclear, but rumors suggest that there may have been a breach of trust or a disagreement between Gen. Milley and the new Pentagon Chief. Whatever the case may be, this decision will undoubtedly have far-reaching implications for the military and national security.
Gen. Milley is known for his strong leadership and strategic acumen, so it will be interesting to see how his removal from his security detail and clearance will impact his ability to continue serving in his role. Stay tuned for more updates on this developing story.
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