The bit after you do what you set out to do, and kill your old boss, I found really tedious to be honest.

D&D

Civilization VI Rise and Fall

I’m looking forward to that, I have such distinct memories of the first game even though I only had some sort of demo copy. If it does well there’s also a decent chance of remastering System Shock 2, which would be incredible.

In the latter days of Civ IV I also got fed up with the stacks of doom. I think there’s a nice compromise in there somewhere, limited stacks, which would encourage you to think about particular combinations would fare against other armies. For instance, if you were limited to three units in an army would you want the…

Next you’ll be playing DUST (which I’ve always wanted to try but also fear).

The magic sword, as you put it, is excellent if you invest in it.

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

I don’t understand why they bother pretending that it’s *Captain* Georgiou, I mean, everyone on the ship was just in the mirror universe and knew about the emperor right?

I’m scared to try Endless anything because I already spend too much time playing Stellaris and Civilization VI. It looks really fun though, lovely emergent narratives.

In the grim future, the Illuminati own all the ladder contractors.

The UK currently has several long-running annoying ad campaigns, in particular there’s Go Compare *shudder* and Oak Furniture Land. Both have these insidious versions of actual music.

The show started on radio as That Mitchell and Webb Sound, and I can totally recommend it. You’ll recognise maybe a third to half already, but there’s some other stuff that’s just gold.

Yes! I love those old-fashioned grid puzzles so I whipped up a quick excel spreadsheet with all the factors and started putting in ticks and crosses based on the information given. I think I spent nearly an hour on it, it’s been a while since I did one and I’m rusty at cross-referencing, but eventually cracked it. It…

This week I started my new job, which means I’m a commuter now. Until I get a laptop sorted out it’s a bit boring but I’ll definitely spend train time on low-demand games in future. I hear you calling Switch.

*doors to spore chamber open and close*

There is a case for a future Trek series which involves their temporal observation department, which definitely exists at some point. I think it could be very interesting to have them treating time travel as a day-to-day affair, but with the temporal prime directive to keep things in check. Mind you, with today’s…

Mario has definitely thrown cappy at that first guy right?

We didn’t start the fire.

Actually the most obvious inspiration for the Charon is a Romulan warbird, which coincidentally have singularities at their core providing power. The Charon is basically an early version of this - a magnetically contained miniature star that they tap for raw fusion power. Give them a while and they’ll figure out how…