Muskblog: the sad, pathetic truth

One thing I’ve done a lot of since my MBA finished was play Civilization 3 Complete. I spend too much time in front of the computer. I’ve blogged about it before, even attempted to rank the Civilizations for my playing style which is that of a peace-nik builder who devotes a lot of [...]

And I’m still looking for work could there be a connection? I actually was looking for work before I started playing Civilization III again.
I’m not the only one who is playing Civilization III Complete. A number of people have written me about taking up the game again or trying it out after reading [...]

Although not the most electrifyingly original posting title, I’m running with it. I’ve written before how people actually read the crap I write, no matter how trivial or dubious, especially the dubious… Now people have expectations, they are actually encouraging me to blog about events that they were present to observe. I’m [...]

As overanlyzed before, here is an attempt to rank the best civilizations in Civilization III Complete based on how I like to play.
I like religious civilizations, I like to work towards Writing right away so starting with Alphabet is a bonus and I like defensivly strong Unique Units that are available as early and with [...]

Maybe I should spend more time looking for a job than blogging about Civilization III Complete or maybe I should just shut up until Civilization IV comes out for the Mac. Regardless I still enjoy playing the game and have gotten a pretty good handle on it now, though I still loose more than [...]

Well it is my new highest score and my first win in a while.
After numerous losses I finally won again on the Monarch difficulty. These recent loses were almost exclusively religious civilizations including using the Celts with whom I share an ancestral heritage. I like the Celts they are religious and agricultural and [...]

So after years of stubbornly not playing as Spain I decided to give them a try on a large map. I had also tried Portugal and Greece out on Huge maps. I learned two things, one you need Map Making badly on large maps especially when you are stuck in the arctic and [...]

Being a big fan of Sid Meier and having some free time on my hands I’ve been playing a little Civilization III Complete. With the addition of cities choosing to join or leave your civilization based on the country’s culture, I’ve become a big advocate of building it up. The best way to [...]