When I'm in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft, the last thing I want to do is slow down — I certainly don't want to wait my turn. I need a joystick in my hand, a first-person view and buttons for machine guns and/or missiles. I was pretty sure Sid Meier of Civilization and Pirates! fame had finally created a game I…

Legendary game designer and Civilization co-creator Sid Meier is a bit like Tom Clancy these days. His name's on a whole bunch of stuff, but the level of involvement he actually has with each project, even Civilization games, varies.