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Variance Hammer
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Writer for variancehammer.com and goonhammer.com. Co-host of Lost to the Nails and the Plastic Pressgang Podcast. Fan of the Horus Heresy, Adeptus Titanicus and myriad historicals. Avid terrain enthusiast. He/him/his
"Guess it's time for Stellaris play through #27."
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
But often is not always, and the more it happens, the more likely it is that said virus spreads, especially during the winter season when it’s more likely to coinfect someone who already has a strain of flu that spreads well in humans.
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
(Epidemiologist on his hobby account) Influenza loves mutating, and has several ways to do so. It’s best not to think of it as a single disease, but as a closely related group.

Single cases like this from intensive contact - like backyard poultry flocks - are relatively common and often dead ends.
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I both loved and preferred WHFB and I’ll still admit it was nearly impossible to get into
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“But I had 5000 points of high elves that I hadn’t added to in years!”

Precisely
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Single player mode
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Every good historicals project starts with a trip to Osprey
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Or that testing an animal for rabies is killing the animal.
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Also: Everyone should play this game. You can play an Orca with a torpedo harness and a hard drug habit. What more could you want?
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This was named for Barnum Hall, at Tufts University (which was in turn named for P.T. Barnum, yes, that P.T. Barnum). The former home of the Tufts Biology department, where I both got my degree, and where I started playing the game a good couple decades ago.
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Elder Scrolls: Blue Planet.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM