"From Our Imperial Russian Kitchen," a card at the table read.
It offers a depressing selection of mindless violence, teenage sex, medieval superstitions, Hallmark card sentimentality and imperial fantasies situated in outer space.
I'm still looking ahead to the introduction of ships, gem mining and – in a sneak peek at a future update within the cards screen – "The Imperial Age of Godus".
Of course, all modern empires have relied on dependable surrogates to translate their global power into local control -- and for most of them, the moment when those elites began to stir, talk back, and set their own agendas was also the moment when it became clear that imperial collapse was in the cards.
A sparky routine is dedicated to an enviable new business card, with its "font imperial" on "nice material".
8. Petrossian ** [Rating: two stars] (212) 245-2214 182 West 58th Street Manhattan $$$$ All major cards At this bastion of imperial Russia, diners are treated as aristocrats, whether they are indulging in huge spoonfuls of caviar or the $35 prix fixe dinner.
The regalia is still a working collection: on state opening of parliament days and other grand occasions, visitors find small cards stating "in use" instead of the imperial state crown.
Junior eventually gets his comeuppance when his imperial bedroom is raided by Thorne while he and his tarot-card reading kook of a wife, Josephine (Lara Flynn Boyle), are playing a kinky sex game involving diapers and a ball gag.
I see no reason why such fortunate imperial creatures, already richly endowed, rewarded, and awarded, should get yet another credit-card offer in the mail.
Today, it seems imperial.
