Muskblog: Homesteading the Internet since 1995

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. [...]

At some point, an old buddy of mine joined Facebook or found me on Facebook and then after that asked me to play Empires & Allies.  Pierre and I played games online and offline back in the day or somewhat back in the day so I figured what the hell.  I think this is the [...]

That’s what I’ve been doing with my time.  I’ve also been doing a lot of thinking.  I think I need to do more doing, doing something other than play Sid Meier’s Civilization V. I’ve also been waiting, waiting to hear if I made it to the next round of the interview process at the two [...]

For the record I’ve gone 4-1 with one NC. I lost Orleans and decided I’d be better off restarting only to learn Civ V no longer scores abandoned games. I could have perhaps rallied, but I had tried some different and apparently less effective things that game. Although I’ve been far from productive post return [...]