Nuclear Gandhi – Civilization
In the original Sid Meier’s Civilization, there are a number of real-world leaders that are used in-game to represent certain countries. Among these leaders is Mohandas Gandhi, an Indian reformer who was famous for his refusal to resort to violent protesting.
To reflect Gandhi’s peaceful campaign, his character in Civilization was set at a threat level of 1, which would (in theory) make him a non-threat. But is the player chooses “democracy” as the government type at the beginning of the game, it reduces other nations threat level by 2, causing Gandhi’s threat level to loop from the minimum level (1) to the maximum level (255).
Because of this strange bug, Gandhi is ironically one of the most violent, nuclear threats in the original Civilization. As weird as it was, people thought it was hilarious, so the developers have continued to keep Gandhi’s threat level ferociously high in every Civilization sequel.
