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The second expansion Brave New World came out and I downloaded on day one (July 8th 2013)…

Civilization did not spring fully conceived from the mind of Sid Meier back in 1991. It was an extension of his previous work such as Pirates! and more directly Railroad Tycoon. It was also influenced by the board game Civilization, it’s successors such as Advanced Civilization and to a lessor extent History of the World. Other influences came from the literary world…

Not sure why, other than sheer stubbornness and a willingness to suffer and waste an uncountable number of evenings and weekends, but I did finally pass the CFA Level 1 exam. It took even more time and effort but I eventually passed all three exams while living in China…

While I was trying to study, someone on Facebook posted a picture of what I thought was their friend dress as Chun Li from the video game Street Fighter 2. Turns out it was Yaya Han…

Blind Joe Death was the name John Fahey recorded his earliest recordings under. Nowadays many musicians use pseudonyms, but in 1959 pretending you were something or someone else while self releasing an album was near unheard of…