Why's that? They aren't the capitals, but those cities are waaaay more important than Brasilia and Canberra to the history of those countries. And both are 20th century cities; Rio dates back to the 1500s and even Sydney is more than two centuries old. The modern capitals may be the seat of the nation, but not of the…

Gandhi*. He's a real jerk!

Gandhi* :)

I actually vote England for that reason. They are right in the thick of it—they can trade with everyone and get the benefits of that proximity while being at relatively low risk. And maybe they'll take over France properly this time!

That's what Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis is for

Really? I think that Civ4 has vastly better design than Civ5, which I still can't give my heart to. Honestly, though, I like CK2 more than both.

This. I hate people who say to slow down or you won't enjoy it—for me it's the opposite!

This is a genius response and I love it.

I just don't really like pumpkins that much, tbh. So that's a bit of a downer on the pumpkin beers.

Thanks for explaining. Agree with you now that you explain it—I wasn't sure if you were hating on all IPAs, some of which I agree are fine, or just the real hop bombs we've seen lately. Which taste like nothing except hops. And you know what, I don't even mind THAT, once in a while. But it's such a dominant thing now.

Why do you say that most IPAs are shit beer? I do think that the hops can *sometimes* be used to cover up a lack of flavor otherwise, but I generally like IPAs. I can see how they're kind of like the California Cabernet powerfruitbombs of the wine world, though, which people (including me) dislike nowadays. Would you…

The ultimate challenge, I think, which is totally doable, is to beat all four dungeons and solve the Anju and Kafei quest on the last cycle before you beat the game. It's the only way to set the world to rights before locking the new reality in!

No, you don't need to. Some familiarity with Zelda will help, and there's TONS of fan service for OOT fans—hell, everything uses the same models—but it's very much a standalone in terms of story and gameplay.

I agree with you... I'm not saying there weren't any, just that.. like, who notices things like that? I don't really notice frame rate changes, as far as I can tell.

Oh he does, and they are just as disturbing as ever. And amazing.

What other things are good to avoid? I admit I don't know much about this.

Why does it offend you?

Are you sure? It may have been turn 2, but I am positive that I've seen Casterly fall on turn 1. I mean, it's not possible without a mistake on the part of the player, but I thought it was possible. But it's been a few months..

Disgusting. I hope, a few hundred years from now, the world looks on our era's tolerance of the barbarity toward women in heavily Islamic countries the way we look at the centuries of the slave trade today. It's the greatest human rights catastrophe since then, that's for damn sure. This kind of thing, which the world…

We had a game once where I sacked Highgarden on Turn one when Tyrell was a first-time player and pretty new to board games in general (It was a dick move on my part). I think I was Greyjoy. For the rest of the game, Tyrell's surviving footman or two went "jousting in the Kingswood"—having fake battles with Baratheon…