In advance of his latest game (and first on current-gen consoles) Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (2K Games'360, PS3, DS), in stores this Wednesday, the legendary designer revealed the first game he ever beat, the one game he can't beat, and the game he's most look forwarding to. Check out his responses after the jump.

1. Current favorite game of the moment: Portal (Xbox 360).

2. My favorite time to play video games is: Anytime!

3. Favorite genre of game: Strategy.

4. Favorite current console: I enjoy playing games on all of them – they each offer something unique and fun.

5. Favorite handheld: Same as answer above ☺.

6. My earliest video game memory is…Space Invaders.

7. First video game console ever purchased, and favorite game on it: Atari 800 and my favorite game was Star Raiders.

8. First video game I ever beat was: Star Raiders.

9. Best coin-operated arcade game: Battle Zone (Atari).

10. Hardest game I've ever played: Midnight Club 3 – it's incredibly challenging.

11. Video game nobody can beat me in: Gran Turismo 3.

12. Favorite game of all-time: Starcraft.

13. Game I'm most looking forward to: Starcraft II.

14. If I were to design my own game, it would be…
Well, I've designed a bunch of games over the past 25 years and have enjoyed them all. Here's a list of some: F-19 Stealth Fighter, Pirates,
Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Colonization, Gettysburg, SimGolf, Civilization Revolution…and stay tuned for many more to come!

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Anyway, we caught up with TJ Taraszka, the Video Game Editor in Chief of Bloody-Disgusting.com for our Game Recognize Game column, where we get inside the minds of famous gamers. After the jump, TJ reveals all his favorites.

(1) My favorite time to play video games is…
Usually at night, after everything I’ve had to do for the day is finished. I can sit back and relax and play without being bothered.

(2) Current favorite game:
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core on the PSP a lot, but I ALWAYS go back to Halo 3 to play on Xbox Live. So Halo 3 is still my favorite.

(3) Favorite genre:
I’d definitely have to say RPGs. My friend Ryan and I used to play Final Fantasy II for Super Nintendo together, because you could both have a controller and control whichever characters you wanted during a battle. I’ve never looked back, and have spent a huge chunk of my life playing the Final Fantasy series.

(4) Favorite current console:
This is a brutal question because they are all awesome. 360 is probably my favorite right now, but I see PS3 bumping it out of place when Little Big Planet, Metal Gear, and Home come out. I’m way too excited for Home.

(5) Favorite handheld:
The Nintendo DS rules because you can use the built-in wireless to play with a bunch of your friends. And for a ton of games you don’t even all need to have the game. One person can have the game, and the others can play it on their DS also, and I love that. We’ve spent countless hours playing Mario Kart.

(6) My earliest video game memory:
My parents bought an original Nintendo when I was about 2. By the time I was 3 I was better than my mom at Super Mario Bros.

(7) First console:
Well, my parents bought the Nintendo, I bought the Super Nintendo, and Final Fantasy III was epically amazing compared to any games that had come out around that time.

(8) First game I beat:
Definitely Mario for original Nintendo.

(9) Best coin-op:
I haven’t played them in a long long time, but The Simpsons game, and X-Men, where you can have four people playing at once. Classics.

(10) Hardest game ever:
Final Fantasy 1. I played many of the newer ones before back tracking to the 1st. It was so hard, especially as a young kid. I gave up and to this day I have not beaten it. Maybe someday.

(11) I can't lose in…
I used to be unstoppable at any Tony Hawk game. I used to be unbeatable in Halo 2, when I didn’t have a job for seven months and I played the game for 11 hours at a time. My family would go to sleep, I would be playing, they would get up for work, and my sisters would go to school, and I would still be playing. Good times. I don’t have any games I am better than everyone at anymore, maybe I should quit my job…

(12) Favorite game all-time:
Final Fantasy VII. The most amazing game of all time. The most wonderful story, cast of characters, weapons, monsters, side quests, and the magic system is unbeatable. The only thing I would change would be the graphics. That’s why I’m wishing and wishing and wishing they will remake Final Fantasy VII for Playstation 3.

(13) Most looking forward to…
Silent Hill 5 and Resident Evil 5. I am so pumped for these games, I’m a huge fan of both series. Resident Evil 2 got me into horror games, and I’ve been playing ever since.

(14) If I were to design my own game, it would be…
A first person survival horror game. Kind of like Left 4 Dead. It would have to be as fluid feeling as Halo though. And have an amazing online multiplayer. If Left 4 Dead does it correctly, then my ideas are worthless! So cheers to them for doing it, so I don’t have to.