Too hot, but every other time this has happened in the last several months, they’ve been able to spread dirt and gravel on top to make a temporary road.

Depending on when this picture was taken, it’s just the outermost layer that’s solid. The lava flows from underneath.

It’s the micromanagement. When earlier games became tedious, I could just pick a quicker game speed, and I would suddenly feel like I was playing with more momentum. But in VI, it actually kills momentum, as if driving the slightly faster route to work at the cost of particularly frustrating traffic, since the most tedious micro isn’t turn-based, but city-based. You only have to plan districts/improvements once per city, so I find I can still have fun with VI if I play suboptimally (i.e., tall) on tiny maps and with mods that let me cram more civilizations into the game. I’ve probably put in a few hundred hours this way.

But I’d rather just play IV or V.

Ultra-libertarian Jingoist? I’m as confused by that combination of words as I am the flags on the truck.

Give me an archive link and I’ll click it every time. Otherwise, almost never.

But… the abuse is literally baked into my original comment. DRM. DRM is the abuse. Just because you’re used to it doesn’t mean that it was ever ok.

Valve is a company whose profit model is based on DRM. They were never your friend. Thanks for proton, though.

Untitled Goose Game got a sequel?

Why wouldn’t there be warlords? I’m not sure how this comment follows. Without a government, you get both eggs in one basket, which the original commenter agrees is bad.

In response to everyone’s sandals comments, you’re really missing out if you don’t go barefoot in the snow every now and then, so long as there’s only a light layer. Every step is cushioned and refreshing. It’s good endorphins all around, like taking a breath of fresh air after leaving a stuffy room. When the snow gets high enough that it kicks up onto the tops of your toes, that’s cold.

Pittsburgh is geographically midwest as well. The Appalachians were the historical eastern border of the Midwest.

The Appalachians were historically the eastern boundary of the “midwest”. Considering that western PA is to the west of the Appalachians, those Pennsylvanians may, in fact, be correct.

Everyone is actually mildly intolerant to carageenan. Why it’s used as a food additive is beyond me.

Edit: My wife switched us to Colgate and hasn’t had problems since.