My primary issue with these studies is that it seems many (in fact most) are allowing the subjects to choose the game that they play, and no baseline (before the game) measurement is taken. Most also don’t mention whether or not the subjects were playing together, and if they were, was it cooperatively, or competitively. Cooperatively ripping apart hapless victims, or competitively putting colored squares together may have the opposite effects as what may be assumed due to the nature of the acts.

It seems likely that humans are naturally more prone to aggression just following competitive experiences, violent or not. That being said, I think it should also be noted that a subject with a predisposition towards violence is far more likely to be attracted to the violent game, and vice versa. Human kind has a dark side, if it didn’t the violent games wouldn’t exist in the first place. The subjects playing the more violent games, if they weren’t doing that, would likely be off torturing innocent creatures like frogs, mice, whatever they could find as an outlet.

Furthermore a predisposition for aggressive and violent acts does not necessarily correspond to a predisposition for violent and aggressive acts towards other humans. These studies need to be constructed more carefully to avoid bias and skewing of the results in order to produce more academically viable statistics.

Regardless of the outcomes of these studies, there is no legislation that could be passed to prevent these games from being made and sold as they are (as they should be) protected by the first amendment the same way as violent movies, rap songs, etc are (and this is supported by the supreme court). Any crusade otherwise is a crusade against the constitution, and a fool’s errand.

To summarize, we need more information, more conclusive, and better conducted studies before attempting to regulate video games, and even then the types of legislation that are possible is (and should be) very limited. Leave parenting to the parents, the teachers, and the like, not the government.

Video game violence on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

If all of that isn’t enough to convince you that the world isn’t ending, what if I told you it already did, almost exactly as it was depicted in the book of revelations, complete with wars, famine, and disease killing off large chunks of the population at a time.  Hitler, the white horse, the anti-christ, whatever you may call him, he gained the love of his people, and began his rise to power during the first world war, where he served as a German soldier.  Oh wait, I’m skipping a step you say? The Ark of the Covenant hasn’t been found?  Well I have heard that it was supposed to pop up during the end times… How about the Ngoma, an ancient drum found in Africa around the 1940s by a missionary scholar.  The people who were said to carry it have an ancient jewish bloodline, and while the drum is not nearly old enough to be THE Ark, it is said to be a recreation, as the original has been destroyed and remade many times.

Obviously since I brought up hitler, the world wars would be the second horseman, WWI, as well as WWII have a combined death toll of 10% of the population, which is a good deal short of the 25% prophesied, but I believe still a significant enough amount.  These wars included all of the world’s super-powers, and as such encompassed the globe.  As with any war, famine was a problem as well, with the global nature of the war, all of the world’s poorer countries were left with very little to eat, while the richer countries were still eating well enough, this is also in-line with the description of the third horseman, who seems to indicate that the price of oil and wine will not falter (meaning the wealthy are less affected by this famine), and the fourth  horseman, death.  I’m going to blame the holocaust on the fourth horseman, while this does mean that Hitler is both the first, and fourth horseman, it does seem to work.  The holocaust affected  many millions of the Jewish faith, hold on… Only the Jewish?  Well, not only, but predominantly the Jewish.  Is this indeed in-line with the fourth Horseman?

Let’s go back to the scripture and find some supporting material for this.  ”For all that the Father gives me will come to me, and him that comes to me I will in no way caste out (John 6:37).”  This is taken from an article linking this scripture with revelations in a direct manner.

So, those who follow the Christian faith may be spared from the fourth horseman.

There’s also a great deal of disease during this time period, including small pox, malaria, cholera, and typhus, while it is only mentioned in passing in revelations I felt it necessary to point out these diseases, and others have taken a large death toll as well.  The fifth and sixth seals can also be explained, I believe the Martyrs are those who lived in Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, while the sixth seal was the atomic bombs.  Check out this description of an atomic bomb blast as seen from the ground…  They died so that no bomb of such power will ever again be released upon mankind, or at least so that the full breadth of devastation these devices can bring is known to mankind, and their use will be very carefully deliberated.

How about http://www.weirdlyodd.com/top-10-most-powerful-atomic-bombs/ – check out number 6, and keep in mind these keywords from the video  Heat pulse, bright light, red, black, boiling, mountains vibrating, fireballs.  Then read

“I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.”

So there we have it, my theory that the apocalypse is over, and that December 21, 2012 is just the beginning of a new era of peace and prosperity for mankind, the end of the world as we know it, but not the end of earth, civilization, or any other such thing.

The apocalypse, is it already over? on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

Fight the salad or become one!

Jump on the pumpkin to earn money

Stop GMO on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

A nostalgic one-screen game that challenges one or two players to kill all enemies on the screen. Jump, fly, and even use arrows as temporary platforms to navigate your way around the levels while you dispatch the enemies!

Twin Shot on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

Race your rust spot around each level to corrode all the bolts in this challenging puzzle and skills game!

There are 32 different levels across 4 difficulty groups to try and complete at the best rating possible. Watch other player’s replays of each level and race against their ghosts to better your times!

Supports both mouse or keyboard controls! Full instructions and tutorial are provided in game.

Korrode on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

Burrito Bison is back for more gummy squashing action in this epic sequel! More special gummy bears, more wrestling in the ring, more doors to shatter, more powers to upgrade, more money to steal, more, more & more!

Burrito Bison Revenge on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

Rip through your enemies with lasers, electrocute them or fry them with microwaves. Deploy your own robots to fight for you or steal them from your enemy. Protect and upgrade your forces or throw them away in a ruthless wave of destruction.

Robotegy on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

The ratio of the roles needed on your team varies with map conditions.  If your team has all of the points, you only need defenders, conversely if your team has no points, you don’t need defenders at all.  In any case, attackers should far out-number interference.

Attackers

As an attacker, it’s your job to take points from the enemy, an attacker would typically sport medium armor, such as a soldier, or raider, but of course any class is capable of it.  Medium armor classes are generally more well rounded, giving you the health to withstand a good deal of punishment, but also the mobility to avoid it, and reach your targets.  It’s a good idea to communicate closely with defensive minded players on your team, giving them a heads up if it looks like you’re going to be successful in taking a point, or you could take the point, then change your role to that of a defender.  The little heads up will also let your interference make a decision on whether to come help you, or focus on other points.  You also may want to save points that are particularly hard to defend for last (since it will be unlikely for a capture to last long enough to generate significant points) .  Other than that there’s no complicated strategy, just kill people and walk over the glowing point.

Defenders

As a defender, it’s your job to be on the lookout for interference and attackers.  a defender would typically be wearing heavier armors (such as brute, or juggernaut) since he won’t be going very far, and they come with extra health and firepower.   What I typically do to prevent an interference player from swooping in and tapping the point is I fire a spinfusor shot so that it lands to one side, and knocks him off course.  A more typical strategy is to body-block him, which also has the bonus of stopping him so that he can be disposed of.  Attackers are easier to handle as their goal dictates that they need to stop there anyway.  Since this isn’t a combat tutorial I’m not going to tell you how to go about doing it, but it’s simple, you just kill him.  Defenders are the point scorers in Capture and Hold, since you don’t really get many points for capturing a point, if a point is seesawing between both teams it’s not doing either team any good, you need to hold on to it!

Interference

This is the less obvious role, but can be very effective when the chips are down, and your attackers need time to get those points back.  Interference would typically be wearing light armor, such as a pathfinder, or infiltrator.  Your goal isn’t really to capture the point, just to prevent it from giving the enemy points.  As a pathfinder, you’ll zip around the map tagging as many of the enemy points as possible one after the other, you want to move so fast that they can’t really prevent you from doing it, even if it’s easy for them to take it back, they won’t get any points from that CP for a few seconds, and if they didn’t even notice you do it it might take them several seconds to even figure out they need to take it back again (it’s hilarious when “their” turret starts shooting them, and THAT’s their cue to take it back).  There are tips for gaining speed on my flag chasing tutorial.

Alternatively, you could go with an infiltrator, and focus on one point rather than zipping around to multiple.  The downside to this stealth approach is that you’ll be removed from stealth when you walk over the point, so you need to have a plan for getting out of the area fast.  Even a fairly slow ski will allow you to get out since they’ll have no warning of your approach, and you can easily hide again after.  At this point you can go after a new point if you think they’re too smart, or just keep taking the same one  back, preventing it from generating any points at all.

Whatever your interference strategy, you’ll want to focus on points that are difficult to defend, out in the open, with no obstructions for you to get caught up on, or to focus a defender’s fire.  Points that are indoors are fairly difficult to run interference on.  Just do what you can to keep the enemy from scoring points, and if it happens to stick, that’s just a bonus.

Just an example of a point attackers should avoid, and interference should shoot for.  This bridge’s owner often seesaws between the two teams, it’s wide open, and areas surrounding are conducive to picking up speed.  Enemies also like to stand up top while firing on defenders below, it’s just a mess to have to defend, but a prime example of a point you want to keep from generating too many points for the enemy team (since attackers should be keeping it for last, and tend to run interference on points they’re attacking themselves)

Tribes: Ascend strategy – Capture and Hold on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

Flash games on Bionic Squirrels by Felps

With graphics that remind slightly of Geometry wars, Plasmatron thrusts you into a universe all it’s own, guide your cube to eat blue dots, and avoid the colors red and yellow! Green is particularly helpful in that it can remove red. (Oi, writing descriptions for abstract games is a chore)

Features:

. Fast Action
. Awesome Upgrades & Weapons
. Neon graphics
. Evolution upgrades that changes you avatar
. Midlevel Bosses and Mini-Bosses

.Mouse pointer controls the movements!
.Avoid red cubes
.Get everything that is not red or yellow!
.Buy upgrades.

Plasmatron on Bionic Squirrels by Felps