Goddammitsomuch

What are they doing that isn’t easily ignored?

The US no longer has laws, just grievances to be addressed arbitrarily.

This week’s Behind the Bastards about Jim Caviezel is hilarious.

Anyone throw a punch? Get arrested? No? All right, at this point, you’re complicit.

This is all very good advice for people living in 2004-ish.

Your solution is to wait for the violence and then play defense?

I don’t quite know yet. I’ve played every Civ game since I started on the first with my dad when I was about 11 years old- and I’ve loved every iteration for different reasons.

I’m approaching this one kind of the same way as always- I’m playing it kind of leaning on what I know about the franchise as a whole rather than trying to understand every more granular system, because a lot of things change while all the patches start rolling in and the expansions release. I play each new game sort of the same way I played the previous one, learning the new systems by making mistakes.

It’s early enough that I still don’t really understand most of the new systems- I will say that I am enjoying it just about as much as I enjoyed 5 and 6 at launch, but less than I enjoyed 4 at launch. Fully tricked out 5 and 6 are both excellent as far as I’m concerned, and I’m thinking this one has potential to get there.

Having said all that, I absolutely HATE the “Civ-switching” mechanic. It very much takes me out of the game. We’ll see how that develops.

In the time I’ve been waiting for Skywind to release, I:

Met my future wife

Started grad school

Got engaged

Finished my Masters’

Got married

Bought a condo

Published two textbooks

Started a doctorate

Became a dad

Sold a condo

Bought a house

Finished my PhD

Got tenure

Started sending my kid to preschool

Not sure, but someone’s probably going to find me on the 8th hole wrapped in plastic.

I have a feeling you would absolutely love “The Gargoyle” by Andrew Davidson.

Peter Gabriel- In Your Eyes