Good morning and happy Monday from... the air? You caught me on a cross-country flight! How the heck am I doing this, you might be wondering, but the majority of you probably know that I profusely write these way beforehand (although, as I'm writing this now, I am doing this at the last minute because I was packing). It's always weird speaking in future/past tense in these sections, you know? As many of you probably know there's a lot to ta...

Good morning and 新年快乐 from New England! Yes, I did celebrate Lunar New Year back here at the specificlanguage household -- albeit I don't have the materials to make an Asian dinner, for myself even though I am, nor can I actually speak any Mandarin, but that's a different story altogether. I'm sure many of you are desperately awaiting how the heck I'm going to make sense of all the Civ news this week, but it's not that long. I held off on r...

Good morning and happy Monday from New England! Welcome to the first newsletter of February 2024! I know I always get very deserved praise for writing this newsletter, and I really appreciate it getting "best contributions on CivMC"; sometimes it's hard for me to recognize the massive talent that I've been given with this even if this entire newsletter is a glorified reposting mechanism. But I'm very glad that it's provided significant value...

Good morning and happy Monday from New England! I am totally not doing a newsletter this week so I can start making this weekly once again, although, I given, I guess this is the first time we're doing this newsletter weekly in quite a while. There's something of a fire lit inside of me and I'm riding that wave a little bit right now, as I've felt way more productive on projects outside of Civ, and I think that kind of followed its way int...

Good morning and happy Monday from New England! In my neck of the woods, it's way colder and snowier than before, and I've learned that I'm a wimp when it comes to driving in snow. But in Civ it couldn't be more quieter as many players are focusing inwards on building amazing stuff. There have also been a lot of exits however, after the past month where we saw a lot of YouTubers call it quits, a couple admins and players on Civ have done th...