Dr. rer. nat. Duke Nukem

A few days ago, I was talking about how German game studios were generally known for making great sims (usually business- or sports-related). Mad TV is another absolute classic and turns 35 this year. Created and published by Rainbow Arts, it’s by far my favourite game from them. You run a TV station: you decide which movies and shows to schedule, which advertising deals to accept, how much to invest in the hourly news (better news ratings boost viewership for the following programmes), and try to strike the right balance between growing the station, maintaining high ratings and keeping costs under control. The concept is incredibly fun and fairly easy to grasp. The thrill of finally affording the rights to your first Wimbledon live broadcast or a blockbuster movie (and seeing the killer ratings) never gets old. Later you can buy entire new satellites to expand your reach and even produce your own shows. A lot of love and attention to detail went into this game. I still play it to this day.

Extreme bureaucratic regulatory oppression and wealth confiscation (moving capital allocation from highly competent entrepreneurs to incompetent government) is why Europe has been economically slowly strangled over the past few decades! Fools like this guy do not understand that they are the cause of Europe’s pain. There no wealth to reallocate when they prevent it from being created in the first place.