I’ve played every Civilization up to and including 6, but I’ve been playing Humankind and loving it. It’s by the studio that did Endless Space 2, the game I’ve put the most hours into, and that’s saying a lot. Humankind solves some of the frustrations with Civilization I always had. For example, wonders are claimed by a civilization and made whenever the user feels like it. There’s no wasting 20 turns only to be beat to the punch by a player you haven’t even seen yet. Stuff like that.

Can’t wait for the MLK speech denouncing affirmative action.

Japan had been trying to pull off this trick for years. There’s an easier solution. It’s called immigration, but Japan has been ruled by conservatives who refuse to see a difference between nationality and ethnicity. There are a lot of nurses from developing countries that would be a lot more effective than a can of Pepper.

Forbes’ bias is showing. It was a proof of concept, not a sign of weakness.

The first step for me was recognizing that procrastinating created more work for me in the future. Also, having those swords of Damocles hanging over my head robbed me of my mental health.

Claude is my coding mentor. Wouldn’t want to work without it.

One of the men repeatedly made a “call me” gesture with his hand, then took his fedora off and literally tipped it at her…

It’s assholes like this that make dudes in fedoras look bad. This and -you know- the hats themselves.

The best protest is to stop moderating. Lie flat. Let the subreddit go to shit.

How about some pre-transhuman solarpunk? I recommend my favorite book, Walkaway by Cory Doctorow. It’s about the birth pangs of a post scarcity society. Absolutely brilliant.

Philanthropy is PR for billionaires. If we taxed them, we would have a social safety net and no need for their pet projects.

I thought I was the only one who’s seen Scavenger’s Reign. I haven’t heard much talk about it. Damn shame because it’s amazing.

Six more months until season 2. Counting down the days.

Scavengers Reign. If you like The Expanse, you might be into sci-fi animated with a seriously weird style. And it’s one season with the story tied up in a bow at the end.

That makes zero sense. Elon Musk is a workaholic. You know, the polar opposite of lazy. He’s a POS but lazy he is not. Rather than campaigning, Trump plays golf. Dude’s as lazy as lazy gets.

Well what’s the point of self driving if you can’t have a wank on the drive home?

Paul is a weird name for a girl. I’d rather go with McKenzie or Murphy or Noah. Now those are some girly names.

I played a lot of Elite Dangerous until I realized there was not much to do besides “do the profitable thing over and over before it gets nerfed.” And by the time Squadrons came out, I also ran out of fucks to give.

The only game I really liked in VR was Euro Truck Simulator 2 which wasn’t even a VR game.

HTC Vive. Not necessarily this specific tech itself, but VR gaming more broadly. My friend and I were ginning ourselves up for years before it came out. I dropped a lot of money on a gaming rig for it. And when I put the googles on… I fucking hated it. I didn’t like standing and gaming. I didn’t like being so isolated from everyone else in the house. And the games were glorified tech demos slapped together with unity assets. By the time Half Life Alex came out, I had no more fucks to give.

The porn was fun though.

Not a whole lot.