What are the pros and cons of safety nets in games and how can these translate towards our daily mentalities and actions? Continue reading
Safety Net Phenomena – Why is Guts So Good?
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Changing Tools for Changing Environments
This gaming experience was a good reminder that we live in a changing world. A tool that is amazing today may not be that relevant tomorrow and a company that is here today, may be gone tomorrow. Predicting the future can be near impossible but there are things we can do to face it optimistically. Continue reading
Going in Blind
If you know you have to go in blind, can you do anything to tip the odds in your favor? Well, there are two broad strategies we can consider. One is the haphazard learner and the other is the optimized flexibility strategy. Continue reading
When to Use Your Items
I’ve heard the line “You’ve got to live a little while you are still young” more than once in my life. I started thinking about this the other day and it occurred to me how my frugality is reflected in my habits when I play an RPG. Continue reading
Late Game vs. Early Game Risk
Late game dancing will go a lot further on the leaderboards than boogieing right out of the gates. Dancing at the end of the level, however, does not come quite as carefree as when you are two steps out of the starting block. Continue reading
The Right Amount of Dancing for You: The Personal Quest for Enjoyment
…there are always different measures of success. It’s important to understand what kind of experience we are looking for, what elements of that experience we value most and what elements we are willing to sacrifice. Continue reading
If I Could Do It All Again
If you could go back in time and make different choices, would you? Continue reading
What Motivates Me: A Completionist’s View
I’m a completionist. From the moment I could play games, anything less than a 100% on the little completion counter has bugged me. Continue reading
Playing with Odds (Part II)
I could go on all day about different fields and instances where an extra thought to the probabilities behind varying occurrences could help shed some light on what feels like chance happenings. So I will! Continue reading
Playing with Odds (Part I)
Playing games has helped me grasp the variety of settings where applying probability can be valuable. More specifically, it has aided me in getting a handle on how to use probability to assess acceptable risks and then accept losses given these risks. Continue reading
Turn Based Living 