Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term ‘4X,’ has died
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Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term ‘4X,’ has died
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Emrich came up with the idea in a 1993 review of Master of Orion, and it stuck.
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Oh damn, thats a name I admittedly haven’t heard in a while. This guy had a huge impact on the games I played growing up. Still play the Master of Orion games every now and then. RIP

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