Category Archives: Videogames
June 13, 2013 The Healing Power of Gaming
When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience — and promises to add 7.5 minutes […]
Tags: game theory, TED Talk
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June 12, 2013 I Feel Ridiculous: Xbox One Edition
You put the bumper sticker on your car, the signs out in your yard, and you wore the T-shirts. You hooted and hollered and argued and bragged and discussed and debated and got all fired up. Then your your guy lost the election, or your team lost the big game. You still think you made the […]
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May 23, 2013 Xbox One
So Microsoft showed off their new console on Tuesday and everybody’s ticked about it, apparently. I was able to have the reveal on at work while I was doing other stuff and I didn’t think it was horrible, but I also feel like maybe there wasn’t enough info for me to make a judgment call […]
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May 17, 2013 Spoilers
No, this post isn’t filled with spoilers, it’s just about spoilers. See, apparently I’ve spoiled a couple of things for people via Twitter this week and they got grumpy. I didn’t really consider the things spoilers, so there were words and then I had to ask forgiveness. So I thought it would be good to […]
Tags: spoilers
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May 10, 2013 Somebody Save Me
In real life, I’m a computer tech, and I’m constantly reminding users to save stuff to their network drive rather than to the local computer. The blank (or outraged) stares I get when I try to explain that we don’t back up the local hard drives are some of my least favorite looks. And, of […]
Tags: Ghostbusters, Sims, Tapped Out
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