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I used to get a lot of hate for saying Caesar 3 had bugs. People just didn't want to recognise them. "The program behaves in a way that baffles & distresses its users" but it's definitely NOT a bug. This didn't stop until I asked the game's programmer and he basically went "yeah sounds like a bug".

Happy birthday to Pharaoh! Which is turning 26 years old!

That new Jurassic Park building game is releasing, I wanted to see what happens when you put all the dinos together: youtu.be/BCl-OTFaDpY [ad] Thanks for watching!

YouTube is finally trying to clarify that by default you're on 'Top Comments', so a bunch of comments will never show on this setting, but also I feel this phrasing is confusing...

I swear if HoMM3 released today people would say it looked like a 'mobile game'.

We're live now with new building & strategy games! HoMM Olden Era & more, come join: www.twitch.tv/GamerZakh Follow on Twitch to catch me when I am actually live lol

Does anyone like realistic simulator games? Here's a bunch to play and notable upcoming ones: youtu.be/bPcPVHhJpJY

Just listed the hardest city builders you can play: youtu.be/FOUtikEuIQU Have a watch.

Today: "DLC sucks! Old games didn't have this crap" Meanwhile HoMM3 a quarter of a century ago: 2 expansions within the first year of release, a 'complete' edition 1 year later that wasn't actually complete, 8 level packs with 4 sold individually...

Did a pretty extensive look of the upcoming HoMM Olden Era game: youtu.be/lxxYoFE6lig

Some people are literally telling me "these aren't simulation games, they're management sims"... Do they... not realise what 'sim' means?

I do really appreciate suggestions when it comes to how to do things better, but if I give reasons on how the suggestion isn't going to work, the appropriate response is to consider those reasons. Not... call me 'defensive', 'hostile', and/or 'stubborn'. Especially when I've already tried it before.

I've been working on some animated pixel art myself, have a look at some behind the scenes with this public video: www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-... You can follow on Patreon to keep up with the public posts btw, no need to pay anything.

Want to know the best city builder of the year, every year, since the 1960s!? I got you: youtu.be/uafFU0-Svs4

Happy birthday to Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom! Turning 23 years old today. You were the end of an era.

Some people will tell you this or that game is 'bad' but when you ask them "which ones are good then?", they genuinely reply with... "none". They just don't enjoy that genre but still feel the need to go around telling everyone "everything sucks".

Floating cat

Shoutout to those who have been subbed since 1970.

In my latest video I hint at the true origins of video games, North American original cultures and games like Zohn Ahl by the Kiowa. Every game is a copy but I don't think we can know what inspired this. I found a video from an expert who explains how this game works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TQs...

In my recent video I added some extra signs to SimCity 2000's depiction of London. What else could you have missed? Better rewatch the whole thing from start to finish: youtu.be/nQys8W8JyOs

If you only watch 1 video from me let it be this 10 minute magnum opus on city building: youtu.be/nQys8W8JyOs

Watch this now: youtu.be/nQys8W8JyOs It's just 10 minutes you won't regret it.

I beat solitaire in Windows 95 for the first time in maybe 27 years.

I've completed the best video ever worked on for this channel. Just look at how much went into it. It's going live tomorrow (Friday), so don't miss it!

What do you think the very first video game is? Like where does 'video' start for 'video game'? It gets real blurry in the 1950s.

Half the comments I get on YouTube: "Why didn't you talk about..." (I did) "You forgot to mention..." (I didn't) "How come you haven't..." (I have)

Remember this thing?

Later this week on Friday I'm going to publish a video I've been working on for a LONG time. It's to a level I've never reached before. It's almost ready and I hope you enjoy it!

I finally figured out why someone dislikes my Caesar 3 videos immediately after uploading. They commented saying they wish they were only once a month because they find them boring. Fair right? Thing is, I only make them once a month...

Why I have a problem when people say "floppy disk".

Sometimes people who opt to accuse me of things are taken aback by me, who has spent 14 years talking about video games extensively as a profession, that I would write a lot about video games in a comment.

Did you know Ed Beach of Civilization fame was mostly in charge of Emperor Rise of the Middle Kingdom? Also almost none of the original Impressions devs were left at Impressions by that time, having moved on to Firefly and Tilted Mill. youtu.be/HA9vSjTiC5g

The Tropico and Anno series of city builders are the most consistent city building games to release. Whether it's a good or bad time for the genre, there's always a new Tropico or Anno to play. I was beginning to worry about Tropico but now we're getting Tropico 7 in 2026.

The number of people who don't actually watch videos but leave judgemental comments is crazy. I've asked, they keep the video on mute, don't turn on subtitles, let the video play and skim the timecodes. Then they get upset that I didn't mention something I actually did... This happens ALL the time.

Me when Wikipedia needs sources to justify a genre categorisation.

I've been busy (this isn't finished)

Whenever I get told that The Settlers IS a 'city builder', there never seems to be any real reason WHY. I even get comments like this. Same person says The Settlers 2 IS a 'city builder' but then says they wouldn't play it as one and that it's NOT about city building... How is it a city builder!?

Me when I go back to the 60s to try the origins of city management games...

You remember the old game Majesty? Here's a new one that's got a unique style and more gameplay detail than you might think, have a watch: youtu.be/Pd0GV-Uq-nU [ad]

"Everyone agrees with me about this, only you are wrong!" How 'everyone' actually thinks about a topic:

Chaos Island, 1995. Sometimes referred to as "baby's first RTS" and it sparked my interest in RTS. C&C, AoE, and SC came soon after.

"Why do these games look like they were made 30 years ago"... How games actually looked 30 years ago (okay 27 years, we're not THAT old right?):

We were sponsored to jump into #PlanetCoaster2 [ad] after all its updates: youtu.be/53UBal7eC1w Have a watch and see if you like this new theme park sim. Thank you!

Edutainment games in the 90s were something else. Encarta 95 Mind Maze.

Stronghold Crusader Definitive Edition [ad] is releasing today and we were sponsored to have a look. Check this video and see if you wanna jump in: youtu.be/rgTIVgyySnw Thanks!

It's always nice when an upcoming city builder has a free demo. We were sponsored [ad] to build weirdly in Stario, it'd be a great help if you gave this video a watch: youtu.be/Y5FHbAs03DA Thank you!

Just got into an English grammar debate on YouTube and I feel like this... youtu.be/3iamMO5rS9I

I posted a free video on patreon on some behind the scenes of how I animated this banner. No signup required, have a watch along with the other public videos: www.patreon.com/collection/8...

You may be surprised by how complex and detailed this builder is, have a watch: youtu.be/642rdfQKKqs [ad]