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Problem with that is I've never felt like turning up the benefit of being risk-taking and lucky over being cautious is particularly...

While I understand the logic, I have to say early on I learned I pretty much hate reading prequels, especially when the original set of...

I am 100% convinced all these stories are coming about because he's trying to give his new business venture credibility. I don't think...

Pretty much what you get when you throw the entirety of the internet at them, instead of curated data. Who could have known that was a...

I'll occasionally stick it out if I can see a possible path through, but if its obvious I'm DOA, I just don't have the mixture of...

Consider what they're emulating.

I think any repetitive task that workers have quietly thought a trained monkey could do is ripe for automation. The white collar world...

Yeah, if it was me, doing it all over? I'd be in construction without a doubt. Hopefully I can squeeze out a few more years before I...

My beta reader has pointed out major issues that I knew existed but couldn't figure out on my own, so i get to work fixing out the...

It often only needs one player to be learning the higher options for it to propagate, though; even some players who won't put in a lot...

Oh yeah, there's a lotta different nuts in that there granola, for sure. Some of those secondary issues lie mostly with the GM I think...

The single biggest reason I end up pulling the plug on a playthrough of various 4X games.

So this reads to me as describing designer intended player heuristics in play. Players, when encountering a game will strive to find a...

Though even in games not focused on fight-to-the-death, you have to have things set up so that's not only functional but attractive...

Today I encountered the word Mercosur, which is a South American trade bloc. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay are...