The Civ bug

I've known for years that I would succomb to it eventually. This is the reason why I didn't dare to even talk to Pennawitz or look at his computer screen our sophmore year at Loro...

No it's not Cultures Ideas and Values. It's about being obsessed with inventing wheels, constructing the Angkor Wat, discovering steam power and building the Manhatten Project. I'm talking about Sid Meir's Civilization 4.

Since the school bonnenkai last Thursday and since Simona went back Friday morning, my life has been (other than 1 Xmas even party, 2 chiropractor visits, 20 laps in the pool and 300 jumpshots from triple threat) nothing but mikan oranges and Civilization. In 3 play sessions, I have conquered the world as Tokunaga Iyesu, outscored everybody by 2030 AD as Louis XVI, and created 3 legendary cities as Otto von Bismark. I vowed to stop playing last night after I nuked everyone with 20 something ICBMs after I have already won the game, but blogging about it now is bringing me closer to that icon sitting on the left side of the desktop...