What I had expected to be 1 post has now become 4. For those just joining us, here is part one, part two, and part three. I’ve been following Seth Godin’s blog for a long time now, and I’ve got a copy of his latest book which I’m trying to set aside the time toContinue reading “A Word About Education”
Category Archives: Philosophy
Learning the Game of Life
In my last post, I talked about the “magic number”—10,000 hours, the amount of dedicated practice time that it requires to become a master at a certain skill. I reference the fact that as it stands currently, the average gamer will have 10,000 hours of gaming experience under his belt by age 21. We areContinue reading “Learning the Game of Life”
Casey Monroe, World-Class Gaming Expert
Some of you may know that in addition to writing this blog, I am also the editor of the Wowhead Blog. One of our volunteer staffers on Wowhead is a guy named Evgeni Kirilov (known on the site as ArgentSun) who I work with a lot. He wrote a post two days ago that IContinue reading “Casey Monroe, World-Class Gaming Expert”
The Calling
So I was reading a book called unChristian, which you may have heard of–it’s about a research study enacted by a Christian group to elucidate the opinion that outsiders have of Christianity. The book itself is kind of a snooze–while the message is good, it’s much more oriented towards people who don’t seem to realizeContinue reading “The Calling”
Hot Topic #2: Violence in Video Games
So unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Modern Warfare 2 has just come out. In honor of the release of a brand new video game in which people kill eachother with assault weapons, we’ve had the usual celebratory round of news stories about how the violence found in video games isContinue reading “Hot Topic #2: Violence in Video Games”
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