I stayed up late last night examining the game’s coding and figuring out how it all factors into the actual gameplay. As I suspected, there is a lot of complex mathematical equations employed within the game files that very sophisticated… Read More ›
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Update (19 August 2023)
While playing Caravaneer 2, I came across a nifty exploit that has been talked about over the years. It turns out there were a lot of misconceptions and inaccuracies about the game’s economic mechanics that I feel can be addressed… Read More ›
A Review of “Caravaneer 2”
It has been a while since I last wrote something substantial on The Fourth Estate. While trying to figure out what I should be writing next, I recently decided to replay an old Flash game that I once played back… Read More ›
Update (18 August 2023)
I know it has been a while since I was able to write something new and substantial for the Blog. The problem is that I had found increasingly unsure what else I should be writing about. That will change soon… Read More ›
Update (17 August 2023)
I am planning to get back to writing for The Fourth Estate later this week. After everything that has happened over the course of this month, I feel that I need to write about it somewhere so that others will… Read More ›
#259: The way we live next
REFLECTIONS ON THE REAL ECONOMY “Simultaneous harvest failures across major crop-producing regions are a threat to global food security”, according to a new report published by Nature. The technical jargon here references a “meandering jet stream” but, for non-specialists, what… Read More ›
In a nutshell: The economics of parking spots
Why is it so difficult for drivers to find a parking space in cities? And what can be done about it? Motorists spend an average of 17 hours a year searching for spots on the street, in lots, or in… Read More ›
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