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Why I'm Back, and Why I Have Gotten Distracted from Writing.

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Behold, the deadly sin of sloth! I have allowed myself to be derailed from writing my screenplay because I am playing a strategy game called Sid Meier's Civilization VI. For those not in the know, Sid Meier's Civilization is a series where you pick a civilization (Europe, Africa, Asia Minor, East Asia, the Americas, etc.) and usher them through various, social, technological, and political ages.  You can go from a humble chieftain presiding over a tiny encampment to, conceivably, a space age civilization that colonizes the Moon, Mars, and perhaps elsewhere. It is an engrossing game.  It is world building on the scale of JRR Tolkien.  Correction:  It is world building on the scale of world history. I have for example used the personality of Cleopatra to lead Egypt from a plot of land to a city state.  Then I evolved to multiple city states.  Then I evolved into a nation state / empire.  I built research facilities for medicine, space travel, and a myriad of other sciences and d