Why Teddy Roosevelt’s fat face matters in Civilization VI

Theodore Roosevelt casts a massive shadow on American history. Yet if you look at the 26th president in Civilization VI, you’d think the massiveness would be about him, not his legacy. Especially his face’s fat jowls.

Firaxis Games has a reason for this, senior producer Dennis Shirk assured me in a recent interview. And this plays into the mechanics of the upcoming strategy game, a series that’s 25 years old and has sold 33 million copies.