Crossfit is a complete joke among people who know anything about fitness. Untrained trainers supervising novice lifters doing very advanced Oly lifts with an emphasis on speed rather than form and control... I mean do I really need to explain what's wrong with this? The only thing Crossfit has going for it is this…

Try not to "meet" civs too early. If you see the their border on the map, go around them and keep their city out of sight.

Yeah, Terra maps. They have a larger "Old World" where all the civs are, and a "New World" of just barbarians.

I've played 600 hours of Crusader Kings 2 this year, but I really don't understand the disdain Paradox fans seem to have for other Grand Strategy/4X games. Seriously go on their forums, it's like "sorry but this isn't a KIDS GAME like Civilization where you can conquer WILLY NILLY, harrumph". I don't understand...…

Tradition is useful just for the wonder-building... it can make the difference between completing, say, the Great Library and not, which in turn can make a pretty big difference.

Rome is the best for rushing people en route to a domination victory. Just bee-line to Iron Working and Mathematics, pump out some Legions and Ballistae, and no one will be able to stop you until the middle ages.

Morocco can make an absolute killing in trade... you'll be rolling in money.

I like Terra maps the best. They're earth-like, with a New World to explore and colonize, and have the same king of East-West + North-South configuration as Eurasia + Africa, but otherwise are completely random.

It makes even less sense this time because small empires are actually viable! With India's bonuses, it's actually advantageous to go with a small empire of huge cities, and yet he's still the biggest warmonger out there.

Stories like this make me feel so old. First of all, wtf is a Yogscast? Second of all, why on earth do people watch these Youtube "personalities"? Third, why the hell did people trust two amateur youtubers with no background in game design to make an ambitious game? Buyer beware... especially when that buyer is being…

You could have shopped in an image of someone with actually big arms instead of a Synthol asshole.

I tried the second degree ones and they were barely edible they were so spicy. Dear god I can't imagine what those were like.

I'm still waiting for them to start selling Schweppes Bitter Lemon in North America... doesn't look like it's ever going to happen.

I thought it was alright. It's pretty much the exact same Dill Pickle seasoning that every other chip uses, only on Doritos.

^ Seconded.

Seriously Kornheiser is EXACTLY the kind of sportwriter Dan described when he explained why he gave away his vote

Between Kornheiser and Bob Ryan and Wilbon I think they're competing to see who can be the most crotchety old guy.

a long time, especially when they're not even trying to do so.

Fighting authority is actually a good thing intellectually speaking, I'd say. Most people have a problem with not questioning accepted truths.

Thing is, education reform in America is impossible because a majority of tea party dumbasses are flat-out anti-education. Seriously, talk to one of them for any length of time and they'll try to blame anything and everything on "overpaid" "socialist" unionized teachers.