15 Most Badass Monologues In Video Game History

11. "Beware Of He Who Would Deny You Access To Information..." (Alpha Centauri)

This guy knew what the score was. You have to admire the leader of the Peacekeepers' ambition in trying to make a fresh start for humanity on Alpha Centauri by getting everyone to resolve their difference through working together and the free sharing of information, and his speech here easily wins you over to his philosophy.

Sid Meier's legendary distant-planet Civilization-on-another-planet game, Alpha Centauri, was released in the relatively early days of the internet, yet somehow its message about the importance of free-flowing information is even more salient in today's post-Snowden era than it was in 1999. Heed Pravin's words, America!

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