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There are so many video games whose music will still my heart with nostalgia, but I can't recall any others right now :/ Why are we avoiding the obvious choices?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwmFIYucQ1s

I don't think I would want a Jerusalem on my backyard.

When a Crusade on France happened in my game, armies of about 20,000 were duking it out (pun not intended).

I might be there. Time will tell!

What do they do? I have a PS3, but motivating myself to turn it on is not easy.

Actually, Genoa and Venice just own areas pretty close to their capitals. They're a bit bigger than some of the Italian states (the country is totally fragmented), but not huge.

Hmm, the drunken man is already marinated...

How do republics come about?

Yeah, I've been playing Scotland and I have to remember to butter up England, lest they eat me. It's interesting how the critical event of William's invasion can play out differently in each game. I think in mine, the original rulers won. In the game I started with my brother, Harold Hardråde won England and suddenly Norway is huge. In my game, most of Norway was ruled by the Duke of the Isles for a long time... Also, it's really fun to follow the repercussions your actions can have. My Queen was married to a man with a claim for the Swedish throne, so I conquered Sweden in the hopes that my eldest son would inherit. However, I had made the husband a bishop as well for some reason. I think he wanted to be one or something. Anyway, Sweden turns into a Theocracy. Now, a hundred years later, Sweden is splintered into a ton of different factions because he couldn't keep it intact and I had no interest in it.

Man my eldest son is greedy. I unloaded a bunch of land onto him so it would stay in the succession, but now he wants more and more and more!

So should I really play CK2+ and not vanilla?

But where's Andy, our resident actual doctor? God I'm happy I don't (apparently) even get addicted to coffee. Because I love it. No symptoms when I'm without it, but when I get to drink it it's heaven.

How was your 100K rollover party?

Regarding breathlessness: I had this thing a while back when my relationship was in a bad place where felt like I wasn't getting enough breath. Now that relationship is over and I'm getting it again, though milder. I suspected it was stress the first time and still do. It's like I can't trigger my autonomic breathing because I'm just generally too concerned about things. Simultaneously it feels like I've forgotten how to breathe properly (I find myself taking deep breaths but only into my chest). Make sure you're not only breathing into your chest. Exhale very strongly and then try to breathe naturally. Those help me. That and the fact that I had it before and it went away. Something to try, perhaps.

These polar bears ain't afraid of Locog: Okay, they aren't exactly in London.

Yes, I am an English major. Wait.

I was going to say what Salka said, except in a crass manner.

What if you need to molest Jane Eyre or Lizzy Bennet to get your regular jollies?

What's with the bondage-lady-corpse-thing sitting on a table?

Considering how expensivetastic Norwegian food is, it could be a lot better.

Holy Jesus I just realized I've ordered the same glasses Goldblum wears.

I'm assuming that the Halo Reach Collector's Edition package includes the Xbox 360 video game console needed to run it. If that's the case, I'm definitely interested.