A few days ago Sid Meier, the man much revered and cursed for creating the uber-amazing 4X series Civilization, announced the coming of Civilization Network to Facebook. Farmville eat your heart out. A step up from Civilization Revolution (which only left my DS for Scribblenauts) CivNet looks to grow solo, co-op, and competitive play in a persistent online Civ world.

If you never found a reason to join Facebook, this is it. I expect this to be a total time and life suck. I hope it works on Facebook Mobile. You have until 2010 to get your life in order for this one. In the meantime you can join the official page at http://www.facebook.com/civnetwork