1999: Activision releases Civilization: Call to Power for PC in the US. I wish the entire world ran on turn-based simplicity. Because then I could just do everything really, really slowly to spite my enemies. Really slowly. Taking a long time. When I shouldn't take so long. Stretching it. So it takes longer. Temporally speaking. Not physically. Sorry if there was any confusion. I meant long as in minutes turned to hours and hours turned to days. I didn't mean long as inches turned into feet. But I could definitely understand the room for confusion. That's why I'm taking the time to clarify myself now. At this point in time. Though granted, when I started the post it was much earlier than this point in time. Really, one can never talk about this point in time since the time has already passed. Actually, maybe just the "this" part works. Oh, was it my turn all this time? I had no idea or I wouldn't have taken so long. Long as in time, not distance.

2000: Blockbuster begins renting Dreamcast systems. The idea of renting a console seems so foreign, especially since if there is ever a game you want to play, a friend usually has the means to play it. Or at least someone you pretend to be friends with. Mark Wilson

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