Quoting: orochikyoa reason that actually any Mac OS doesnt have a terminal since 10 years ago.

I'm pretty sure OS X does have a terminal (it's just not really advertised), given that professional astronomy (my field) uses about 50-50 Mac and Linux and pretty much everything in astronomy requires liberal use of the command line. :) That's what got me into using Linux after growing up with Windows only, actually.

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Quoting: Mountain ManParadox's grand-strategy games have always been a bit sparse in terms of combat mechanics (with the possible exception of the Hearts of Iron series), so Stellaris' combat is exactly what I would expect from a Paradox game.

That's what I was thinking. At the grand strategy level you're two or more levels removed from tactics, so they've never been a big part of Paradox's grand strategy games (with the possible exception of Hearts of Iron, which I haven't played [yet]).

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Quoting: inlinuxdudeI've never played it, but my 16 year old son has played it for several years on my Linux PC, including doing a bunch of mod'ing and other stuff, without much help from me. I'm sure he's learned a lot about computers from this experience, and I'd hate to see him lose the ability to play Minecraft on Linux (although I think he's mostly finally moved on now, but still).

Thankfully the current launcher allows you to stay on past versions—I've been playing 1.7.10 for well over a year now due to it hitting the sweet spot with regards to mods, even though the official version is up to, what, 1.11 now or something?

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Quoting: TcheyI think Star Ruler 2 + Rising Star mod has way more content and replayability.

I saw 'Star Ruler 2' and mistook that for a Star Control 2 mod, and thought "Awesome!"

Then I went and looked in the Stellaris workshop and couldn't find any Star Control 2 mods. :( Come on people, this seems like the perfect game for it! Get cracking! :D

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I've been enjoying the 1.18 patch so far (can't afford Rights of Man at the moment :( ). With the change that allows migratory nations to migrate over one sea zone I played Carib, migrated into the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, then started colonizing like crazy so that I had about 7–8 provinces by the time Portugal showed up. They then took my capital in a total curb-stomp of a war, which let me reform my government, catch most of the way up in technology, and take it back a decade or so later. ^_^

At some point my dynasty spread to nearby Muisca due to a royal marriage I had with them, but when I converted to Catholicism I kept getting messages while my ruler was heirless about falling under a personal union with them. This intrigued me enough that I actively pursued it, taking event choices that ended up with my heir dying and turning down three separate events that would have given me a new one, until I finally pulled it off, my ruler died, and I came under a PU with Muisca. Who is still Inti.

Just realized that doesn't really have anything to do with the patch, per se, so…I like the new institutions and how they affect technology cost. It's a really cool idea for making technology cost increases over time a bit more organic, and it's amazing to watch them spreading out across the globe from their points of origin.

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Parkitect's main menu music is ridiculously, ludicrously happy [External Link]. :D

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Even in the slowest areas they appear to have seen ~50% growth in the last two years. I don't know if that's impressive from a business standpoint, but it looks impressive to me!

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So, you're saying it's like TF2, but without the fighting…? ;)

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finally, a Paradox game where “Comet Sighted” actually means something

I always love Paradox's sense of humor in these feature lists.

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Strange news, and I do hope it works out eventually; but Civ V is still good (still play it with a friend) and in the meantime I've discovered Europa Universalis IV which has rapidly consumed much more of my time than Civ V has, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

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