TIL that the Civilizations games (and others) include creator Sid Meier's name in the title because Robin Williams joked that it would help sell more copies of 1987's Sid Meier's Pirates.

[u/DueNeedleworker5036]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier#MicroProse

[u/albatrossSKY]

The man is singlehandedly responsible for millions of hours of lost sleep. Just one more turn... and suddenly its 4am and you have work in three hours.

[u/Draidann → u/albatrossSKY]

And it actually was just one more turn

[u/JonatasA → u/Draidann]

That lasted 45 minutes