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Mark Dowell's avatar

Count me in! On an unrelated note, Issues Etc. recently re-aired your American Revolution vs the French Revolution interview - which is exceptional.

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Bradley J. Birzer's avatar

Wow, that's cool. Thanks for letting me know, Mark.

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Dan Hugger's avatar

Would you recommend giving Bioshock a whirl?

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Bradley J. Birzer's avatar

Dan, it scared the schnikees out of me. But, yes, it's really, really good. An Anti-Ayn Rand story. I liked the sequel, Bioshock Infinities, better. Let me note, I'm not a serious gamer. I've played Command and Conquer: Red Alert; Knights of the Old Republic; Medieval Total War; and the Bioshock games. That's it.

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Dan Hugger's avatar

Also not a serious gamer but I'm replaying Knights of the Old Republic now

Will check out the Bioshocks.

Two you might like are *Disco Elysium* (Great game about ideology) and *Suzerain* (Great game about resisting ideology).

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Bradley J. Birzer's avatar

Thanks, Dan. Will definitely check them out. Play them while you're young. Almost any first person shooter (like Bioshock) now makes me sick to my stomach to play. My eyes just can't keep up with the screen, and I get really, really dizzy.

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Augie Fackler's avatar

I'd preorder now if I could! Looks like an outstanding read.

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Bradley J. Birzer's avatar

Thanks so much for the encouragement, Augie. Definitely a long-term project!

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Eric Scheske's avatar

Gonna be finished by Labor Day?

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Bradley J. Birzer's avatar

Ha! I've written part of it, but this is very much a long-term project. Right now, I'm writing about the Declaration of Independence but also on some other topics as well. Thanks for the vote of confidence, though, Eric!

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