I can't find it, but one of my favorite CK2 dev diary moments was when the devs talked about a new battlefield event where an enemy commander drops their equipment so you can use it. The thing is though, the event was originally intended to refer to your enemy dropping their sword or crown, but it ended up being written that any equipment could be dropped, even their full set of armor. The devs thought this was so funny that they wrote in a special text description for when your opponent somehow wriggles in fear out of their armor in full view of your bewildered character.
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gotta love how someone is paid to wander around the nyse and take photos of people making funny faces
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WAIT
I JUST REMEMBERED HEARING AN ELON MUSK QUOTE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE BELIEVES CHESS IS "TOO SIMPLE" OR WHATEVER AND HE SAID HIS FAVORITE GAME WAS A GAME CALLED "POLYTOPIA"
I JUST REMEMBERED THAT IVE PLAYED POLYTOPIA
It being Elon's favorite game (or at least one so important to him that his biographer dedicates a lot of time to it) is.....really really funny.
Basically, imagine Civilization, but as a mobile game. So like if Civilization Revolution was even more dumbed down (that's a Civilization insult. That's devastating. It's devastated right now). For what it's worth, it's not a bad game. On the contrary, from what I could tell in the little bit of time I played it, it's a perfectly competent game with good design. But it's not a deep game by any means. I played through it once, won easily on my first go, then saw that the other playable characters had barely any differences between them.
Like, not to imply you can judge a book by its cover, but here's what it looks like
I came across an article by Dave Karpf discussing this exact thing, and I think it describes it wonderfully
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i need more posts in this genre
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Hands Off Protest NYC, April 5, 2025
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