I think the Civ franchise is a bit tired. The best 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) game by far is the original Master of Orion, which can also be bought on Steam for almost nothing. (View Post)

As my economics tutor argued many decades ago, when you find out how they collect GDP data, and other economic statistics, the question is actually, how can they come out with such plausible and rela… (View Post)

I have been in Switzerland for the last couple of weeks, mixing work and pleasure, exclusively in the German-speaking part. Overall, it's as spotless, safe and pleasant as it has been every othe… (View Post)

Nope. Putin is a classic bully. He only picks on the weak, which NATO isn't. (View Post)

Or it'll continue stagnating and the deadlock will continue. I think that's the likeliest outcome for the next few years at least, until the cross-party Brownite tax-and-waste consensus run… (View Post)