And in case you’d want to check something you’ve missed – check Total War Attila. You forced me to return to Total War with your kind words about Total War War Warhammer, but I like historical settings and Attila is the first time Total War seems to work to me at all. Because even Rome 1 didn’t work properly. It still has problems with prevalence of autoresolve starting with mid game but it’s greatest historical Total War and it makes me very optimistic about trying War Warhammer when they finish working on it.

About two years ago, I stumbled on your blog and read through your entire archive chronologically. It was great fun to see the evolution in your writing style (remember how you used to be a bit self-conscious about it? Your wordsmithing has really leveled up; you’re better at this than lots of people who get paid for it) and your methodical analyses of every topic you tackle have always been a delight to read.

Part of life is accepting that good things come to an end eventually, but I’ll keep enjoying what you put out as long as you’re interested in doing so. It’s not surprising to see you’ve put so much effective thought into how you will keep your motivation up, and I say cheers to that!

There’s just one thing I have to voice my opinion on: consideration and empathy are essential and respectable qualities, but is it realistic to expect they can be scaleably expressed through providing super-quick responses to Internet comments? You’re just one guy deciding to take on the posting schedules of people from all over the world. I’d say don’t promise to shackle yourself like that; you may grow to resent it. From everything I’ve seen of your readership, I think they’ll understand.

Far be it from me to kneecap your resolution with pessimism! I just wanted to chime in with that… while letting you know your work is always more appreciated than you think, and will be for as long as you choose to produce it. Thanks for another year of fun reads!