Fuck student loans. And fuck the idiot 22 year-old that thought law school circa the great recession was a safe bet.

Neat!

I think there is non-tax desemene income that is a huge component for the lower than king level. And that involves the income from buildings you personally control.

I think the answer in all three has something to do with the holding system. But the holding system in CK 2 especially is super opaque.

If you have EU4, you could try to tear it all down gradually to create a more interesting game.

How are you enjoying your tour of Paradox?

I dont know if it will hold up. But I have loved what I have played. Hell, I just colonized Arrakis. It seems like this game was made people who love science fiction. And the early game is so much like star trek (but a version where you can be unbound by the prime directive) that I strongly recommend it if you have…

I've been dreaming about Stellaris. It's got the easiest learning curve of any Paradox game I've ever played. And I'm enjoying my militaristic, collectivist humans that are ruled benevolently by a despot. I founded a colony on a world that had people in tunnels beneath the surface. Rather than talk to them, I…

That stupid Djinn word is the worst.

I think it's fine the first time. But I have no interest in ever fighting a bunch of brain dead goblins again. It's also really, really long. It takes about an hour to rush through it.

My answer is and will always be the introductory or tutorial dungeons from Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate 2. The rest of these games are rife with interesting encounters that can be dealt with in interesting ways. These dungeons are tedious. They have an incredibly limited way of finishing them. This sucks because it is…

I ate three beef bowls yesterday to gain the courage to survive this long wait.

I'm playing Xenoblade Chronicles X. I range from indifference to actual hate on the characters. But I'm a sucker for the occasional MMORPG-lite experience. And the world Monolith Soft created is pretty neat. It'll be a good filler game until Uncharted and No Man Sky come out.

Best game ever. I think it's always been easy to rule the world after you put enough time into it to master the systems.

Try Crusader Kings 2. It's not turn based. But basically you try to usher your dynasty through the middle ages. It's the closest thing to Game of thrones that will ever exist.

It's all right. I'd recommend it if you'd never played a David Cage game.

No one is obligated to do anything with their vote. That won't stop me from thinking it's immoral to vote for someone who wants to deport 11 million people (and who has the legal authority to do so), someone who will shape the country for a generation through Supreme Court nominations and someone who is excited by the…

I spend way more time on the social aspect than the dungeon aspect.

I graduated in a class with 93 from a rural high school. I don't really like those people, but it's fun to compare the rural Kansas crazy of my high school with the sometimes liberal crazy of my Facebook friends from grad school in NYC.

I enjoy the irony of these game in my life. The series stands for the idea that the real strength of a person are the links he or she has with others. This is diametrically opposed to what happens whenever one of these games is released: I hole up in my room, avoid all contact with others, and I spend a week or two in…