In theory, 4X should be one of my favorite genre of games. What’s not to like? Building your imaginary empire, recruiting troops and sending them on your pesky neighbours seems like a great hobby to have. As I get older my desire to be a great ruler is getting stronger and stronger. However, with age comes a shortage - time. Being an emperor usually takes a lot of time and it doesn’t matter if you try to be a historical one in a Civilization game, a wizard in Age of Wonders or a warmonger in Endless Space. It can take dozens of hours of game time to just finish a single match!

Recently, I got a bit insane. Maybe even unhinged. I honestly don’t even remember how it all began but one day I just woke up and got the sudden urge to care more about not giving away my data freely to every big corporation on the internet. I don’t think it’s that much of a weird concern, but it’s definitely one leading to a big rabbit hole. And boy, I do like rabbit holes.

I’m really not into cars. At all. What I care about is that it can get me from point A to point B, preferably with all tires intact and nothing smoking. All the carburetors (we all know that’s not even a real word), engines and… brake liquids just leave me yawning and wanting to run away. Preferably somewhere where they can’t get to me in a car.