Bultsblog

The discussion about games and there influence upon violent shootings etc. has been going for years now. Recentently I came across an account at the penny-arcade. It’s a unique perspective on this topic, by one of the parents of the instigator of alleged computer influenced violence. You can find the post here, it’s pretty intense.

Personally I’m not a big believer of the influence of games on violence. I’m pretty sure that if computers weren’t around, another excuse would be found. Seriously, if the influence was this big, the should be a huge problem right now. Millions of people around the world are playing these games, and don’t feel any urge to shoot someone head to smithereens, just because they could do it in that game…..

As promised, some screenshots from my current game. As you can see, I own most of the british lands, have some holdings on the mainland and iceland. Middle and south america are dominated.

Who’s yo daddy..

I’ve not posted here for a while, I actually planned to create the image upload applet for wordpress in my free time, and keep you updated of the progress here. The only problem with that is: I haven’t done any work on it since the last post. Don’t worry though, I’m sure that I’ll pick it up in the near future. The only problem is, I’ve recently been reintroduced to gaming! The culprit:

Europa Universalis III
It’s a semi historically correct sim of the world starting just before the colonization of the new world (1450 or therabouts). It’s really fun to play because it allows you all sorts of ‘what if’ scenarios. In my current game as Scotland I’m trying to be totally historically incorrect. I’ve already reduced England to a shadow of it’s former glory and I plan on annexing then soon. I’ve taken over all of Ireland and I’ve started colonizing the new world, taking over the Aztec, Maya, Zapotec and Inca lands. I’m a huge, unstoppable, force right now. Clan McBult Anyway, for some reason the game has an immense draw on me, I’m spending all the free time I can find on it while trying not to neglect my wife and son.

I’ll try to post some screenshots of my current game here, for my own amusement.

Greetings and till next time.