You know… they say it’s an honor just to be nominated for a BAFTA, and it is. And it was an honor just to go to London and witness the event. But I guess I spent so much time thinking about what an honor it was for Civilization IV: Warlords to be nominated, and how good it would feel to win, that I didn’t really give much thought to what it would mean NOT to win.
Hmm. A lesson in humility.
Rise And Fall: Civilizations At War took the BAFTA in our category (Strategy). Oooh, so close. Even had the word “Civilization” in the title. Close. But no cigar. Congratulations to the team over at Midway for winning our –I mean, this — prestigious award. *blush*
But, boy is London a great town… this was the view outside my hotel room:
Yep. Big Ben. I had a few hours and walked around my little area of London. So many things I’d heard of and wanted to see were a short walk from me… Soho, Fleet Street, St. Martin-in-the-fields, Trafalgar Square (Nelson’s Column), Big Ben, Parlaiment, Westminster Abbey, the Eye of London, the Tower of London, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre…
I loved it. I hope to go back one day, maybe with a BAFTA film nomination…
