Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVb: Iron Ends

This is the back half of the last part (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) of our series looking at the vision of history advanced by Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive's World War II grand strategy game and one of the most popular strategy games on the market today. In the front half of … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVb: Iron Ends →

Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVa: The Fires of Industry

This is the first half of the last part (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) of our series looking at the vision of history advanced by Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive's World War II grand strategy game and one of the most popular strategy games on the market today. In the last part (split … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVa: The Fires of Industry →

Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIb: The Opposite of Love

This is the second half of the third part (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) of our long-delayed series looking at the theory of history advanced by Paradox Interactive's Hearts of Iron IV, one of the most popular strategy games today. This part (both halves together) is fundamentally about politics and policy and the implications … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIb: The Opposite of Love →

Gap Week: October 9, 2026

Hey, folks, no post this week as my work schedule has been pretty heavily disrupted and other tasks had to come first. Patrons will already know this background, but over the summer, we had a water leak issue in our basement (where my home office is), which wasn't too bad but required pulling up a … Continue reading Gap Week: October 9, 2026 →