Scarce
November 18, 2006 on 8:55 pm | In LifeLeave a comment
There's a lot going on, from Curt Schilling's new MMOG development studio, to Raph touching on one of my favorite futurist concepts, to the dupe bug in Second Life. I just haven't had much time to do anything but work and, well, go home and work. It really kinda bites because it's dropped even my gaming time down to nothing, and I just got my hands on NWN2. Forget actually trying to get a PS3 or Wii.
Hopefully things slow down again after Thanksgiving. Until then, game on!
Whoa. Mom was right!
October 6, 2006 on 9:54 am | In Technology, Life, Playstyles6 Comments
When I was a kid and young teenager (in the days before the term "tween" was used), I was forbidden to use my Apple //e during the school week. The theory was that not getting sucked into programming and gaming during the week would let me focus on schoolwork.
While I hated this rule at the time, as a parent now I can see the value of it, or at least some variant.
And, according to Ars Technica, so does the magazine Pediatrics.
Requiem for a has-been gamer
August 16, 2006 on 10:26 am | In Life, Playstyles3 Comments
In this thread over at Grimwell, we've been discussing the most recent features announced for the World of Warcraft expansion.
But we then veered into what features target what types of players, and I realized, fully, where I am at as a gamer.
I'm just not equipped to take these games too seriously anymore. Not the way they define "serious" at least.
Gone fission again
June 30, 2006 on 9:13 am | In Life3 Comments
Ah fun times ahead. Take my folks, my own family, my sister's equally sized family, my other sister's feeling of hugeness with her first pregnancy, her husband and a rented house on a Golf course that is not yet open and spread it over eight days. Yep, our annual family pilgrimage is on again, starting, well, in about an hour. Unfortunately, we're going to be heading through areas in the Northeast wracked by rain and resultant flooding, and the forecast for the week isn't looking to be any different from what it has been for the past few. Wish me luck! I'm bringing the laptop (house wi-fi ftw!) but only to see how strong I am in resisting the temptation of getting online. I've even set a nice 11-day skill to be trained in Eve so I have no reason to even log on. I'll let you know how it goes 
Change
January 17, 2006 on 10:41 am | In LifeLeave a comment
I have long felt MMORPGs were good training for dealings in the real world, depending on how one plays them. Both involve dealing with people you don't know very well, managing their personalities, bringing those with seldomly concurrent interests together for common purposes, and doing so within a specific timetable of achievement. The difference between an MMORPG and the real world workplace is that one can hide behind anonymity in the former, and probably isn't getting paid very well if at all. The latter requires that whole physiology of physical presence, for the most part.
But included in both is the concept of change, and how to manage it.
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