Have you ever been addicted to a video game?
A role playing game, perhaps? Or a difficult action game? You want to
solve it perfectly, play it perfectly. Get the best score, get the
strongest item, complete the hardest quest, maximize your experience
points.
How many hours of concentration have you put in? How massively much
positive energy have you poured [...]
An interesting conversation with a friend in which I find myself defending the position of video-games-are-ok has prompted me to reflect on the question of what video games have done for me.
lesson 1: practice makes perfect. This is a lesson I’ve learned/had reinforced doing lots of things, among them playing video games. For certain types [...]
First, for xwjl. Thanks for a good old late night talking/hacking session that could not have been more timely. Let’s do it more often! There is much work to be done on the masterpiece:
And next, for Mom. Thank you for being aware, in touch, and supportive as you always have been. [...]
Over the holidays, I went home and spent time with family. We played some games, one of which was Risk. You may recall that this game can get quite slow and tedious when armies and battles get big. Remembering this, I sat down and wrote the javascript risk dice roller and [...]
At long last, I’m moving on. We’ve spent many wonderful years together, gone through many ups and downs, but this is finally the end. That’s right, you guessed it: I’m selling my classic video games. Mostly. Technically, we’ve still got the gamecube and we have a couple of “classic collection”-type games [...]
Super geeky, and highly entertaining:
the (final fantasy iii/vi) sketch guide!
This guy makes an entire FAQ devoted to what is basically the worst ability in the game. And he isn’t afraid to admit it. In fact, he talks about it like it’s a red-headed step child.
Here’s an excerpt to whet your appetite:
See, if Blitz [...]