civilization vi – Moe Lane

I’m bored. Somebody recommend me a video game.

And I can’t quite justify Civilization VI right now, so not that one. Besides, I don’t need a time suck of that magnitude. Just something to fiddle with when I don’t feel like playing with my Fallout 4 dollhouses.

So. Civilization VI.

I’ve been studiously ignoring Civilization VI, because I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO ME WHEN I PLAY CIVS. I lose entire days*. But I’m hearing things. Dangerous things, like “they’ve refined this game down to pure gold.” I’m gonna regret asking this, but… is this true?

*When I finally got the first Civilization I played it until it was time for bed, then I got up, covered a short shift at the supermarket job I was at, came back, played Civ, went to bed, got up, covered a short shift, came back, played Civ, went to bed, got up, covered a longer shift, went to lunch, then realized as I was looking at my remarkably trembling hands that this was the first hot meal that I had had in three days.

So. Yeah. It’s a game series that has had its hooks in me from the start.