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Depending on how much learning curve you can stomach, Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis are games that will take away your life.

They are grand strategy games, so you're controlling a nation over a period of centuries rather than individual units. It's not everyone's cup of tea but goddamn if I can't get enough of them.

Alcohol is overrated.

I can't believe it took me this long to realize that this movie was based on the Rampage game series.

I just picked it up! It's now downloading. Thanks for public service announcement!

I hadn't heard of this game. Thanks for the head's up!

I didn't realize this was Zeboyd Games' new joint. I loved Cthulhu Saves the World. I'll definitely be picking this up.

That's really interesting! Thanks for the breakdown.

I was trying to find some sort of English language live coverage on the internet yesterday but didn't really find anything.

I will finally play Brothers at some point.

Even outside of pure simulator games, I often find that game mechanics can be directly applied to real life situations. You could even go so far as to say that the skills you gain in certain games are directly beneficial to your ability to do certain jobs.

Personally, I work as a fraud analyst for a startup company. If you take away some of the more technical and statistical side, my job is pretty much 1:1 Papers, Please. It's to the point where if I had to hire a replacement, I would consider playing Papers, Please as relevant job experience.

How about you, what games or game mechanics resemble the work you do every day?

I'm sitting at 187 +14.

I'm 8 hours in but I'm also enjoying dilly-dallying and looking at the scenery.

I'm treating it as a "stop and smell the roses" type of game.

I'm now at 127 +1. Definitely getting into it.