Recent content by BuckyRea

Interesting article on this in Foreign Policy this month,

In a true libertarian state, there would be no punishment for murder. I say that, once they establish their floating islands, the US gov't should hire marauding sea-bandits to plunder this island into nonexistance.

I can think of a dozen better ways to celebrate my heterosexuality. But as long as they're not condemning people who aren't straight (and honestly, aren't we all just a little crooked?), I don't really have a problem with it. I'm not an alligator, but I certainly intend to go to the Gator...

But unlike Russia, Mexico is not pegging its industrial growth to exporting raw materials. Putin's major success in turning Russia around pivots on Russia's ability to leverage its gas & oil exports into political power over its neighbors. Mexico has a much more diversified economy and is...

If you were playing Risk, I would say take Arabia first. But in this game they seem to be friendly neighbors. If you were reading Sun Tzu, he would tell you to go after India first, because that's your weakest opponent. Plus, with your second capital in China, that's where you'll get your most...

Civ 3 mostly. I've tried Civ 4 a bit, but I've not been able to put in the time to learn to play the game well yet. I can't keep my big cities happy, but building settlers just seems to take forever, compared to Civ3. All the harsh reviews early have spooked me away from Civ 5, but when/if they...

The only one I remember was the one that involve George Armstrong Custer, um... "finishing up" quickly. (Can I say that here?) I kind of felt like that helped establish his character. Other than that, I don't recall any sex scenes. Of course I only read one and half more books in that series...

From what I understand, Napoleon got off the Island by going into a secret basement dug by the Others and turning a donkey wheel.

I think this tells us why he's bad at history. FWIW, How Few Remain isn't as bad a novel as the sequels to it. Turtledove has some interesting ideas in his short stories, and How Few had enough clever ideas to hold together as readable fiction. What made the other books so unreadable was his...

One of the best things that will happen for the US is when the Baby Boomers start to die off in the 2020s-2030s. It'll kill property values, all those homes going onto the market at the same time, but that in the long run will lower barriers for people in the working class moving into their own...

Grrr... commies. For commies they sure have a lot of fascist allies. Of course I have a friend who just got back from China. He doesn't seem to think there's that much a difference. Anyway, I'll edit my previous post to read "Comrade Secretary Tudor." Still a fun read.

At least. But his fans await. Not that I can cast stones when it comes to slow updates... ha ha.

Excellent use of maps to tell the story. But what happened to Hebron (on the Black Sea)? I thought you won it in a peace treaty. Did it flip back that quickly? I like the ironies in the game, like Gordium being the key to controlling the conquest of southern Asia. This is why the best games...

Until the Brits are properly put in their place, there will be no resolution. I don't think I've even seen an AI do such a good job playing "bête noire." Queen Liz is just throwing the kitchen sink at you. Of course it was another Brit who once said: "Nations have no permanent friends, only...

Bravo!! Excellent use of cossacks & blitzing abilities! The cossacks have always been my favorite UU, not just because of their strengths, but also because they show up in the right when I'm ready to start overrunning my neighbors and punish my arch-rivals. Very impressive game. But...