[Author’s Note: This Chapter and the rest of the short story were originally intended have been posted for the Beautiful Monsters Substack. But because Gio no longer has any plans to continue the Substack, I have no choice but to… Read More ›
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Zero Hour, Prologue by Duty and Honor
[Author’s Note: The following is the Prologue of Zero Hour, the short story I originally wrote for Beautiful Monsters over on Substack. Although writing fiction is not my forte, as I prefer writing nonfiction, I nonetheless recognize the creative and… Read More ›
Update (20 February 2024)
This message was hastily written on short notice. There was an announcement from Gio on the Beautiful Monsters Substack, who said that he had enough of Blogging in general. He thought that BM would give himself a chance to start… Read More ›
On the Latest Developments of Cold War Gaming
Video games set in the Cold War, I should note, are developed by Eastern Europeans. It is interesting that the historical period does not get enough attention elsewhere. One will never find any among Western (the vast majority of which… Read More ›
Recession or No Recession?
The past few years saw frequent anticipations of an Economic Recession hitting the world’s largest economies following the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Pandemic unleashed a lot of Inflation that much of the world has yet to fully bring under control. Central… Read More ›
The Intent is Decisive: The Reciprocal Theory of Value (RTV) Revisited
To begin, I would like to propose an economic thought experiment befitting of fiscal policymaking. Suppose for a moment that there is a Liberal Capitalist nation somewhere in the world with a Market/Mixed Economy. It has undergone decades of deindustrialization… Read More ›
My Second Playthrough of Victoria 2’s Cold War Enhancement Mod (Pt. II of II)
Yesterday, I felt that I had achieved so much playing the Cold War Enhancement (CWE) mod in such a short span of time. I think it has to do with how the gameplay mechanics of Victoria 2 differ from that… Read More ›
My Playthrough of Victoria 2’s Cold War Mod (Pt. I of II)
Over the past weekend, I had been spending almost the entirety of my time playing the Cold War Enhancement (CWE) mod for Victoria 2. The mod takes the gameplay mechanics of the vanilla game, which focuses on the industrialization of… Read More ›
On Playing “Victoria 2”
I felt that I should write something for the Blog, given that it has been days since I last written something. This week has been a particularly hectic one due to next week being Thanksgiving. I was hoping to use… Read More ›
Great academic opportunities: 11 calls for papers, 10 jobs, 5 PhD fellowships, 4 visiting posts, 3 postdocs, a grant
Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 11 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, 10 job openings, 5 PhD fellowships, 4 visiting opportunities, 3 postdoc positions,… Read More ›
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