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Which video game has challenged your perspective on the way you live your life and how?
The video game I credit is a role playing game called Final Fantasy 7.
The conflict of the game begins immediately. As you play the story unfolds and you learn of a corporation that is extracting 'Mako Energy' from the planet by means of giant reactors. This 'Mako Energy' is then converted into electricity that is used in the city surrounding the reactors. It is a lucrative business. As a player, you begin the game with your character being directly involved in a vigilante terrorist group; a group whose goal is to destroy these 'Mako Reactors'.
Though the character you play cares little for the goals of his group (your character's main interest is making money), you continue to be involved in these vigilante missions. As time progresses in the game (meaning you complete more story-line) your character learns that 'Mako Energy' is found in all of the creatures and plants that inhabit the game's world. When a life ends this 'Mako Energy' flows back into the planet. It is then recycled by the planet and used to create new life. You understand that the extraction of 'Mako Energy' will result in the disabling of the planet's ability to support new life, and it also means that the planet is itself a living thing (as a player you can visit a place in the game and hear the planet itself making painful noises). You learn that the corporation's president is aware of these facts and is yet still planning to progress with the extraction of 'Mako Energy'.
How did this challenge my perspective?
Growing up I had been exposed to many different ideas of accountability but only at the age of 12, with the help of this compelling story, did I seriously contemplate my role in society. I wondered what kind of character I was, and what kind of character I would like to be. The story made it clear that those who act from a source of greed were ostracized from a moral society. I decided that indifference towards suffering cannot be hidden and that greed will never be satisfied.
Jan 27 2012: I have a couple stories about this. I have been a gamer since there were video games (literally). So my first creative works were to design (on paper) videogames at a time when it wasn't plausible for an individual to make one.
I was playing The Sims 3. For those who don't know what the game is, The Sims series puts you in control of a number of people who live virtual lives with much of the same banality and aspiration that real people do. They have jobs, dreams, etc. and your directing their actions (often against their impulses) is what has them get what they actually want out of life.
I had a Sim who I wanted to be a novelist (which is something I've wanted at various times in my own life), but in the game, the Sim-- almost regardless of what activity she had just completed-- would go over to the computer, sit down and play videogames. I would become angrily frustrated-- I kept having to click on the Sim and order her to "Write novel". Again and again. And then I had that "a-haaa" moment-- where I realized that I, sitting in my chair, playing the Sims, was doing exactly the same thing the Sim was doing-- avoiding working on my novel to play video games. I have not played the Sims since.
Jan 27 2012: What a great AHA moment.....I loved your experience with the Sim game Fletcher. Thank you for sharing.
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"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen" John F. KennedyJan 27 2012: Fantastic story!Jan 27 2012: Very apropos...Jan 27 2012: That is an awesome story, Fletcher. It really was an a-ha moment. I'll watch with interest for your first novel. :)Jan 28 2012: This is exactly why I am incapable of playing The Sims. I always make only one sim, and I make him as similar to myself as possible. And I would watch this Me learn how to paint, watch him learn how to grow nice vegetables, watch him make whoopee and get married, and I would sit there and think, "Shit, I can do that too. Instead of spending a couple of hours watching my sim rank up in Guitar, I could actually learn a little guitar."
So for making you get up off your bum and actually make something of yourself, I agree that The Sims is an excellent game.
Jan 28 2012: When I play the Sims 2 game I tend to create the house and fill it with characters that I made look like they were from my favorite japanese comics (usually Naruto characters). Then I interact them the way I would have wanted to see them in the comics I read. This never lasts long and I get bored easily, but I love to create the house and do the floor planning.
Michael Wang
Jan 27 2012: There are many games that have made me think about how I want to live my life. The one that springs to mind is Shadow of the Colossus. There wasn't an intricate story about good and evil. There wasn't a cast of characters brought together to fight an abominable evil. You weren't trying to save the world. In fact, you almost had no clue what it was that you were supposed to be doing. All you know is that there's a boy that's trying to save a girl and, in order to do so, must kill 16 colossi.
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Why are you doing this? Who is this girl? Who is this boy? Who is this disembodied voice that speaks to you? These colossi haven't done anything to you. And yet you are supposed to kill them and the male character deteriorates with each one he kills.
The land is barren with just a few critters and birds to break the occasional silence. Most of the time, your horse is the only constant companion following you into battle time and time again. Navigating this unknown world presents the players with another challenge as paths diverge into valleys and forests and mountains stay in your way.
Each colossus is a struggle with each more difficult to fight than the last. Some colossi demand a few minutes of observation and analysis before you can even begin to understand how to battle against it. After each battle, you are reminded of the price the protagonist must pay.
The game made me think about life in general and how people's actions might not be the best judge of their character. Things in life are almost never black and white, good or evil. Sometimes people are pushed to make hard choices that may clash with society and its norms. What's important is to know who you are and be steadfast in your pursuit of whatever it is that you're chasing. Sometimes things are easy. Other times, situations require time for observation and analysis. Sometimes, it's best to not do anything at all.
The game taught me about the gray, about things bigger than I am, and to just live my own life.
Jan 27 2012: Wow thankyou for that response!Jan 28 2012: I have deep respect for this game. @Mike, you've put in words beautifully the subtleties I've felt while playing it.Jan 28 2012: SoC was breathtakingly beautiful. Awesome pick.
Tomáš Janco
Jan 27 2012: Planescape: Torment. It is unique. Unlike any story ever told by interactive electronic means. It made me recreate myself... My life. Changed it entirely in a sense.
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The game was about losing ones self, and finding it again. About your nature. About KNOWING yourself and your self.
It is wonderful, rich in thoughts and story in an insanely original environment.
Of course the game made little money. It is probably not for everyone and only a few people can fully understand it...
Roy Wood
Jan 27 2012: This is my number 2 behind Baldur's gate. It's the example I hold up before people when when they say games are mindless drivel and violence (they're thinking of unreal tournament or something).
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I say "you like books don't you? Stories? Enjoy going to the movies everyone once in a while? This really is no different." It's a well written deep and emotional story with both sadness and laugh out loud moments. The only real difference is, you control how the little man moves around.
A truly great game that got far far less credit than it deserved, both as a game and as a story and piece of art.Jan 27 2012: I am replaying it now :D ...
"what can change the nature of a man" :D
good times :DJan 28 2012: I started replying PST a few days ago, with the high-res mods and stuff to make it super awesome!
www.gog.com/en/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide/Jan 25 2012: A game that really affected me was a tiny five minute indie game called Passage (http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/). It taught me a lot about how I deal with loss.
Jan 26 2012: What lessons did you learn about loss from Passage?
Jan 27 2012: Explaining Passage is a little bit like trying to retell a stand-up bit or explaining emotions evoked from music. Trust me, it's best to go at it in the dark - it's even shorter to play than a TED video.
Jan 27 2012: Wow I see what you mean. I haven't seen a game like that before. How interesting that visual is of all the previous levels.Jan 28 2012: When my in-game wife died, I found myself physically unable to keep going. I'd try to walk onwards, but I just kept coming back to her gravestone. I'd just stand there so we could be buried side by side.Jan 27 2012: Thank you for mentioning this game... I'd never played until I read this article... I have to say it is an extremely interesting game. The subtle way that they introduce you to ideas like: wasting life searching for money. It actually even made me think "Do I want to spend this whole time a lone?"
Very interesting game.
Jan 28 2012: Really? I don't get it. I just seemed to be walking forward forever and then I died!
Jan 28 2012: :P you can go down too...Jan 27 2012: Thanks for bringing this game to my attention. Loved it. We need more games like these. Bite-sized (like a TED talk) & with a message.Jan 27 2012: Wow...what an amazing game. Kudos to the creators...awesome metaphor
Simon Tutek
Feb 2 2012: Eve online.
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It has the most complex economics, strategy and tactics in any MMO I know of.
As 20 something I learned a lot about trade manipulations, unrestricted human behavior, power abuse, need for making an impact on people and the world (meaningfulness).
It has taught me much:
- It has simulated times of war to me.
- Shown me how war profiteers are making money, how they manipulate and create conflicts.
- How little an individual is worth.
- How greed motivates people.
- Not to be naive.
- That most people are generous and cooperative.
Vadim Berman
Jan 28 2012: An old gem called Millennia: Altered Destinies. The player is in charge of four alien races, making decisions that affects how they evolve.
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The interesting part is that whenever one makes a decision perfectly logical and probably the best from a human perspective, it may not work with all of them. One race is that of fish-like creatures who value cooperation, and develop best in a democracy. Another one are reptilian warriors who require a military dictatorship not to fall into anarchy. Then there are ants, who are hardworking but hardly independent and stagnate and die without a queen. And, sloth-like mammals who are religious by nature and only function well in a theocracy. The fishes need rational, working solutions; the reptiles need to be intimidated and ruled with an iron fist; and so on.
The game showcases very well that one-size-fits-all solutions do not work, and people and conditions must be understood before taking charge.
Mervyn Cruz
Jan 28 2012: Just created an account here to answer, and that would be the Metal Gear Solid series.
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(Please pardon me in advance if my statement will jump all over the place. as I will mostly type as I remember it.)
Why? because it taught me to think, taught me not to readily accept what is being served to me as it is. taught me to scrutinize everything and always come up with my own conclusion and not depend on the conclusion of others.
How? one premise of the game is that there are several group of people or A.I. that controls the U.S. government (and in turn the world.) and everything from the selection of the President, to anything is decided by this group. might sound "Conspiracy Theory" if you may. but one line from the U.S. president in the game struck me. he said to the character. "Do you really believe that the government listens to what the people says?" or something along the lines of it. I was 14 years old that time. and that made me think. Even that is just a video game, there has to be some truth to his statement, even in the real world.
there's still a lot more by my brain is already being jumbled by incoming more ideas that is making it more incoherent. but I guess I already said what I wanted to say, just hope that you understood what I wanted to say.
Jan 28 2012: I love the Metal Gear Solid series too, but for different reasons. I can't vocalise why I like it so much, except to say that it's masterfully made with an excellent plot and great characters.Jan 28 2012: Great game, great reply, Thankyou Mervyn.
Justin Sims
Jan 27 2012: The one that has been sticking out for me was Bioshock, and even more so Bioshock 2. They really seem to cut to the core of the mindless violence that so many video games flaunt as big selling points. This is ironically done through excessive violence. So much so that it at some times pained me to do it, enough that I would avoid it. Bioshock 2 was the first game to cause me to stop and consider my actions in that sense. (SPOILER) There are points in the game when you are given the option to kill or not kill certain characters you are introduced to. The instant gratification of getting a large sum of money and items gives reason to kill. Saving them, however, ultimately allots more benefits in the long run of the game. Characters that you save show you compassion in return. There was even a point where you find an audio recording of a character that says he has done genetic experiments on himself (if memory serves) and that, no matter what he will say in person, that you, the protagonist, should kill him. When the time comes, the character begs and pleads for you to spare his life. It was at this point that I spent nearly five minutes just sitting in front of the switch that, if thrown, would kill him. I had never felt a moment like that before and it really struck me what kind of violence we as a society seem to glorify in some realms.
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I also really have enjoyed the Assassins Creed games, mainly for their innovative story and, later on, for their intricate puzzles that legitimately require background knowledge on art, history, and mythology to solve. Puzzles included understanding which gods had children with mortals in Greek mythology, among many others. I was also phenomenally impressed with the open-ended world where you could climb any building within the game, all of which were designed historically accurately. Each time you came to a new building or met a historic figure, a blurb about them would pop up that would give you information on them.
Jan 28 2012: "When the time comes, the character begs and pleads for you to spare his life. It was at this point that I spent nearly five minutes just sitting in front of the switch that, if thrown, would kill him." This kind of situation happened to me while playing Dragon Age. My party-member's loved one had been given what we can call a 'magical lobotomy'. For a brief moment we were able to bring his mind back and ask what went on. He asked to be killed once his mind started to go again, and it does. He in unaware of this decision once he returns to his magically restricted mind, and I am given the choice to kill him or not. I think to myself... what do I do?? Do I kill this friendly smiling person because his former self has asked me? The result would have no effect in the storyline but still I took a while to think about it. I was stumped but then I did what he had asked and killed him.
Jan 29 2012: A similar decision was in Skyrim. There was a cave full of bandits, and the bandit leader had given his old, blind grandfather the job of being a lookout at the cave entrance. When you entered the cave you could impersonate a bandit if you knew one of their names, or you could kill them. If you impersonated a bandit he'd let you through without fighting you. Everyone else in the cave, naturally, was hostile.
After wiping out the entire bandit group I went past the old man on my way out. I couldn't really leave him there all alone in the dark, everyone else dead. I dumped a bunch of food on the table in front of him and left. Others I know killed the guy so he wouldn't starve to death alone.
Jan 29 2012: I admit I am awful when playing Skyrim. I lead dragons into towns and hack up all the wildlife.... except... the fox...The first time I played I killed one. I stalked the fox I said to myself 'its just a game, kill everything!', but it was so innocent and looked playful. I felt bad. My new character has no fox blood on her hands.
Roy Wood
Jan 27 2012: I used to be selfish, arrogant, lazy, moody and generally unpleasant. Then one day I picked up Baldur's Gate, was introduced to the concept of a "Paladin" and I never looked back. I knew what I wanted to be like and have since then tried to change my personality to be as much like one in this world as is possible.Jan 27 2012: Age of Empires 2 CE: I spent hours and days playing this game, it changed my way of seeing life because I learned how to overcome adversity and manage my resources in an effective way. That our natural resources are finite and they cant be renewed soon enough to fill our hunger. We need to take care of our piece of land!
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Dan Mitu
Jan 27 2012: Yes! I loved that game!Feb 11 2012: Civilization (I've been playing since the first), SimEarth, and the various SimCity titles gave me a much broader perspective on the world when I was quite young and spurred an interest in Foreign Policy, History, and City Planning. For my 7 year old, using Tycoon games are quite valuable in letting him see how our votes and the actions of businesses impact our day to day life.Feb 10 2012: Portal/Portal 2 taught me to appreciate the humor found in all areas of life.
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Feb 10 2012: Perfectly agree. Portal 2 is one of the two games I would play again. The other one is GHOST TRICK: Phantom Detective - captivating story, great visuals, unique gameplay and lots of humor. It didn't change my life, but certainly challenged my point of view on death, in a very fun way:)
Kim Bunting
Feb 8 2012: World of Warcraft. It didn't change my perspective, but it has taught me a lot about teamwork that I use in my everyday life. Understanding the roles in group projects (a tank, a healer, those that just concentrate on getting the job done) takes on a new perspective when it's a group of five people, ten people or twenty-five.
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These days, much of my play is more about observing the interactions of the other players than the competitiveness of the game itself.
Blake Holmes
Feb 1 2012: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 was probably the first game that I ever really had a realization moment about myself with. While playing through Kotor 1 I played a dark side character, but really didn't feel much about it since the majority of the time the characters that I would gain dark side points by doing whatever it was I was doing were really deserving of said nasty actions. When time came to play through Kotor 2, I was confronted with an option to do an evil deed, and just couldn't bring myself to do it. I had the thought of "Is this really the type of person I want to be?", and so in turn I started picking the choices that I would pick in real life, rather than the choices that would disconnect my character from my morals beliefs; regardless of how funny they may be. I've since played through all the games that have moral systems in this sense, and I find them much more fulfilling (and people in the games seem to like me a whole lot more for not stealing everything of there's).
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Lilian Chen
Jan 30 2012: Continued...
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SSBM's gameplay still blows my mind. I've been playing for ten years and competitively for at least five. To even say that I know half the depth of the gameplay is probably inaccurate. The range of the level at which this game can be played is absolutely ridiculous. Even now, we still find new aspects to the game that can dramatically affect its competitive metagame.
How does this relate to life? As a designer, it's pretty easy to understand when people dismiss your field. I feel that art is belittled constantly, as is/was video-gaming because people do not understand much about them. Growing up, gaming was always just a "distraction" from other life priorities. Seeing and knowing the depth of which this game can be interpreted (same with art), I've learned to never underestimate anything in life. Instead, I have an understanding that everything runs deep, and just because I'm ignorant of those details, doesn't mean I should dismiss it.
Jan 30 2012: I am in awe and my eyes started to sparkle as I thought about such a community! "I've learned to never underestimate anything in life. Instead, I have an understanding that everything runs deep...". That has been a difficult lesson to learn but once I grasped it the whole world became more enjoyable. Thank you very much for commenting!
Sina Elli
Jan 30 2012: Your question made me spend half an hour searching for photos and videos of the game i mentioned before HARDLINE. here is a video I found from the last scene of HARDLINE I think is worth watching. I played this game when I was 16 and now I am 28 , 12 years ago, this game helped create part of the image of person I wanted to become.
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I don't like what some of the recent games like GTA have to offer. Theft ? rape ? anarchy ?
I have seen some new games with the theme of love but there is almost always a revenge plot (punisher). HARDLINE was not about revenge or unnecessary violence. it was about creating a better world and above all it was about love.
Jan 30 2012: That is an intense ending. I see the conflict between the brothers(?) and though I don't know exactly what was going on I enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time find it and share it!Jan 30 2012: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
I found out about this game when I was a lot younger- mainly due to my older sister. I think my eyes first saw this game when I was 7 or 8 years old, but it really stole my heart when I was 9. The whole series overall has been of a great impact to me, but boldly I have to declare my undying love to Ocarina of Time in particular. I'm sure that anyone reading this post probably knows what OoT is about but to point out some key factors, it's the forever told legend of a young boy emerging into a world that he is a stranger in and making his way through countless perils to save his home and friends. All you need to do is apply yourself, believe, and well your story is told in the way you do it. I mean - by din - that game actually has the option of accomplishing two of the temples in a reverse order. Your journey in that game was really what you made it!
I guess I fell in love with that world, and seeing the things that you could accomplish if you put a little effort forward. It made me realize that you have to be the one to chase your dream- to make that difference in your life. I really wanted to be strong like Link, and I literally put myself into a mindset that I would be the person in my life that was (it sounds a little narcissistic when I say it here but) the chosen one( -or if I ever teleported to Hyrule I would be ready to live there - haha!). I would assert myself where I wanted my dreams to go, and I would believe in myself. I refused to rely on others for anything I could. OoT also taught me that there were sometimes trials that come your way that you can do nothing about, but you can either sit and cry and wait for someone else or go grow from it- become stronger!
Overall I guess I can say that I would not be half the person I am today if it weren't for this game. Everything about this game is an inspiring tool in my life. I still think of Zelda everyday, and will live my Legend in life the best I can. Thank you LoZ!
Jan 30 2012: Awesome. Thankyou so much for sharing that!
Jan 31 2012: Always a pleasure! Thank you for giving us gamers the opportunity to shout out to the games that molded our lives!
Thank you!
Mario P.
Jan 30 2012: The first quest I ever played was "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past". It taught me three important things:
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1. Children can also be courageous, and can also change and save the world: Link, the main character, is a child, and does all of it.
2. It is not over until it is over: After getting the 3 pendants and getting the master sword, I thought I was about to end the game by defeating Gannon. Well, after defeating him the first time, the quest became larger.
3. You have to rely on other people: whether it is the Sarrahala the elder for advice, the former thief turned into a locksmith, or the dwarves that temper your sword, you always need the help of others.Jan 30 2012: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
No doubt about that. This is simply one most important game I've ever experienced.
Alpha Centauri is creating for us how-will-you-colonize-new-world-under-certain-restrictions type situation (unfortunately not very common school subject yet). While doing so game is inviting us to look at broad spectrum of concepts and dynamics on which our world is build upon. It made me interested in philosophy and sociology far more resultful that probably any other media i've ever approached. And whats more it convinced me that pretty everything around me is product of complex generations-long ideas and dynamics that few grasps but still they can be understood and re-engineered to suit our necessities.
This cut-scenes illustrates tone and type of concepts which this game is portraying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_xh7xIabk
Jan 30 2012: Thank you. I enjoyed watching that clip. The Sid Meier games I am now finding out have been greatly influential so thanks again for sharing.
Ran Shahar
Jan 28 2012: An old RTS on PC The Ancient Art Of War was my first true experience in developing and implementing strategies that game was followed by many other strategy games and developed my ability to analyze and solve problems strategically.
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But the first place goes to Bioware's Dragon Age Origin's that has amazing story, unforgettable characters and teaches the reality of making hard decisions and their price when trying to achieve a greater good and how even against all odds being persistent keeps you going. I played the game in one of the most difficult times for me and it helped me go through it.
To the honor of the grey wardens !!!
Jan 29 2012: We will defeat the darkspawn!
George Kong
Jan 28 2012: Sid Meier's Civilization series. A far more effective teacher of a significant number of subjects than actual teachers of those fields. Allowing young and growing (and even mature) minds to understand the emergent complexity of human civilization is no mean feat.
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Ideally, education would evolve into things like this - engage our mind through iterative interaction and feedback that allows us to control multiple complex variables on the fly and see what kind of feedback we recieve from them, rather than sit in classrooms reading dry textbooks and watching dry documentary presentations (although some of them can be well made).
Jan 28 2012: "...engage our mind through iterative interaction and feedback that allows us to control multiple complex variables on the fly..." I couldn't agree more. The learning process at school was very slow for me compared to the life I was living. Math games kept me on top of the class through grade school.
Jim Walker
Jan 28 2012: I played Battletech MUX for a few years. The game is text based online game using a telnet client or similar. Play is based on the tabletop Battltech game. The game gave me a lot of practical experience in working in a structured volunteer organization. The game was played over one or months and included recruitment, event organization, communication protocol, leadership practice, small group teamwork, and other practical real world skills in practice. Learning to work closely and cooperatively with many different individuals was a very valuable experience. And I learned how to type fast!
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Tyler Rogers
Jan 28 2012: Having been a clan leader in Warcraft III as a kid, I realize how much I learned in regards to managing and leading an organization, all of which you outlined. And yes: you definitely learn to type fast! :P
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The interesting bit is that one of my nerdy peers who's into gaming is just *now* getting into a position like that in a game of his, where he's the leader of an organization of sorts. Over the weeks, I've noticed dramatic, identifiable differences in his skills as a leader. As in, he actually *HAS* skill as a leader now, whereas that was practically absent before.
Talk about leveling up!? :D These are things I've taken for granted all these years, since leading a clan in Warcraft III as a kid. How many adults are there that *never* learn these skills?
Jan 30 2012: "Talk about leveling up!?" Haha exactly right.Jan 28 2012: Thankyou Jim and Tyler. I haven't done multi-player gaming at that level. My experience with it is organizing my team within a Starcraft game. As a game host I realize my responsibility in keeping everyone communicating and working together towards the goal. I have gained a lot of skills from this role of leadership. It was a role that I have never experienced before and now I am very comfortable addressing a group of people and asking them to do what I tell them, and changing what I do to accommodate them.Jan 28 2012: I've played many games...I'm currently playing Star Wars the Old Republic and I love the whole "there is no passion, there is only serenity" jedi mindset. In the jedi world--cool heads prevail.
I love how they literally prevented relationships in the Jedi order so that jedi could practice removing emotion from action and supported jedis being as unaffected by emotion as much as possible as that was to to keep their heads clear and their actions steady and forthright.
It was an attribute that they had to constantly work on and although it seemed counter-intuitive, one can clearly see how much strength a jedi could gain, and how much clearer their actions were without emotion.
Often times we think we need emotion to act...movies promote that, stories in books are mired in this premise, especially love stories. But also in history we see men/women who kept their cool and still won, and won big in the end.
I admire people with cool heads...who do what is logical and don't succumb to their emotions so easily, as they can cloud judgment.
In opposition to that, of course, there is the 'sith way' where passion and anger fuel the power. I have played both sides and I must admit it is much more difficult to not let one's emotions rule. It takes more discipline and work to be a jedi than a sith, even one that has a light side because a sith's emotions ride on the tumultuous waves of passion and that can make for quite the bumby ride. lol
Jan 28 2012: This illustrates a very important lesson and I also admire people with cool heads. "It takes more discipline and work to be a jedi" Great point.Jan 28 2012: League of Legends. Not because of the game story, but because you have to cooperate with complete strangers against a team of other strangers in relatively short battles (30~45 minutes). There you really have to learn some fast interaction skills to keep the team's morale up, plan group operations in a few seconds and deal with people who just complains and blames everybody else except themselves. I've been able to see and think about what kind of attitudes are positive and productive for the team, like praising your partners' achievements, and what are the ones that just tear teams appart, like just flooding someone with bad words at every mistake he/she makes.Jan 28 2012: Glitch. Something about that game reminds me to be helpful, generous, and positive in real life. To me, the game is all about helping others and showing them how awesome the "world" is. Furthermore, I have learned that the best way to combat the "trolls" and cynics is to be extremely nice to them and keep welcoming them (well, as long as they don't harm you directly, of course). I like to believe niceness melts even the iciest of hearts sooner or later. I recommend this game to anyone who likes sweetness and sharing :)
Jan 28 2012: I was a beta tester for the game that Butterfield and friends made before Glitch, called The Game Neverending. It had a wonderful community made up of geeks and technologists, and it was basically a chatroom with a cool game attached. We'd talk about all kinds of interesting and deep topics, and everyone online would participate. It was a wonderful thing to have growing up, and I'm glad they've still got that vibe going in Glitch.
Jan 28 2012: Aaah.... "I like to believe niceness melts even the iciest of hearts sooner or later."
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Here's a quote for you: "To cool a hot attitude, apply nice. To melt a cold attitude, address warmly."
Thanks for making me remember this quote...
Is there any way to ban/block this page from displaying on my computer? I'd hate my son to get ahold of so much amunition for reasons why I should let him play video games....LOL
Jan 29 2012: The right video games can be life-affirming and educational, and not just in the books-and-learnin' kind of way. Video games (even single-player ones) are also a general common ground for males of all ages, and in fact are becoming one of the safest and most fun ways for young people to interact. In the old days you'd get the gang and go bowling or go to the movies, and these days you gather around and play a nice multiplayer game.
I read in your previous replies that you've noticed that kids who play video games get really antsy and jumpy at school, but this is normal after a child has engaged with any kind of exciting media like movies or games. What's important to remember is that they're still in the realm of play, and simply need to be reminded to get back in the real world. That's why certain previous studies re. the effects of video games on violence have been so unconvincing: if you tell a kid to play a violent video game, and then ask them to punch a punching bag, that's still within the consequence-free terms of play. The real test would be to observe the child's behaviour in normal life. You shouldn't let your kid play ten hours straight of games, but they're really not bad at all.
Another idea is to look through the stuff at http://www.gog.com , which sells classic PC games from yesteryear. These games are often much better than the newer stuff they make, being both less visually violent (if at all), and exhibiting better writing, better pacing, and an overall better experience than newer games. It would be like comparing a novel to a tabloid. The independent game scene is also blossoming on the PC, where many lovely games are being made. The go-to place for that is Steam or Desura, both digital distribution systems for video games.
Jan 29 2012: Thank you for your thoughts.....I have learned much from them Desi.
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I will take up your recommendation and look up the website.
Thank you again.Jan 29 2012: Mary, you wouldn't really want your son to miss out on this conversation ;) Don't make me make it my goal to find a game for you and him because I will! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Learning_Company#Super_Solvers_series I highly recommend the game "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" and "Treasure Mathstorm!" ^_^
Jan 29 2012: I played Carmen Sandiego on the Commodores in my grade school back in the 90s. Sweet game.
Jan 29 2012: Oh Tyne, you brought a very big smile to my face.
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I will look up your article, and also go and find the games you recommended.
I remember "Where in the World in Carmen Sandiego" from a PBS children's program.
I did not know they had a video game for it.....now that one seems like I wouldn't mind sharing.
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A MAN has been released on bail after he was arrested following an armed stand-off in Dalton.
Police were called to a property in Broughton Road, Dalton, following allegations of an assault at around 2.30pm yesterday.
At least six armed police officers and trained negotiators were called to the scene, close to The Bridge Inn at the junction of William Close, while a large uniformed police presence put a cordon in place around 500 yards from the property and told residents to remain indoors for their own safety.
At around 5pm police said the incident was resolved.
A 39-year-old Dalton man was arrested on suspicion of assault and interviewed.
He has been released on police bail and is due to answer bail on January 25.
First published at 16:48, Tuesday, 08 January 2013
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Typical response from the Courts. There is an armed seige so after being arrested he is free to cause more trouble the next day.
Seriously !? Let him out on bail one day after a armed stand off ? Brilliant way to keep everyone feeling safe.
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All of the pictures you see on this page were taken with a mobile phone; not bad considering it's something that aerial photographer Jason Hawkes is used to doing with an SLR since he started over 20 years ago. Throughout March 2011 though, the 41-year old traded his Nikon D3X for something a tenth of the size for this latest round of bird's eye shooting - the Nokia N8 and its 12-megapixel camera.
Jason and the Nokia team took five days over the course of the month to fly the length and breadth of the UK in search of a collection of top notch aerial artwork that could show off just what the hardware on this smartphone is capable of. Pocket-lint caught up with Hawkes to find out how it went.
"The first task was to come up with some locations that were really big. It's ok to shoot from 1000ft with a 300mm lens on a big DSLR where you can zoom in on some really interesting abstract patterns but the N8 has a fixed, wide lens, so you can't move in and out at all. Effectively, the helicopter becomes your zoom and the lowest you can legally go is around 800ft which is about the height of Canary Wharf."
On top of the physical restrictions, Hawkes also had to ensure a few slight modifications to the N8's camera to be certain of getting usable results. It can be hard enough holding a camera steady while on firm ground but, with the constant movement of a helicopter as your platform, the danger of blurred pictures becomes very high indeed.
"Getting the shutter speed fast enough is always the key when you're up in the air. So, I had to get the Nokia bods to get into the phone and specially adjust the settings to get it down to 1/250th of a second. We also kept the ISO down to 100 for the sake of detail and noise."
With a quick shutter speed, having enough light to get properly exposed pictures becomes the most important factor and that means waiting for a clear, sunny day - something that's not particular to using the Nokia N8.
"I never go up when conditions aren't good enough," said Hawkes. "There's just no point. If it's hazy or dark, it's just not worth it. The results are never as good."
At £1,100 per hour for a flight in a twin-engine helicopter, it's of little surprise that Hawkes is unwilling to waste time, even with Nokia picking up the tab this time around. While he normally would only fly for three hours or so in each trip, this particular commission, with its more specific location type, demanded some longer days to get between each site.
The first day, for example, saw the team take off from Denham airfield just to the west of London, head down to Portsmouth for the Spinnaker Tower and all the way along the south coast to the off shore lighthouse at Land's End picking up places such as the Needles of the Isle of Wight, Chesil Beach and the china clay mines of St. Austell, Cornwall, along the way. All in all, it was a collection of 7-hour days, including stops to refuel. So, after five full sessions working with the N8, what did Hawkes make of the experience?
"Well, I can't say I would use one for aerial photography again but I was definitely impressed. When Nokia first asked me to do it, I thought the idea was ridiculous but on the way to the meeting I saw one of the N8's 96-sheet billboard posters of a shot taken with one of the phones and I was blown away. I went over to Flickr, found the original final and downloaded it to check that no one had messed around with it and sure enough it was the real deal."
While the resolution, lens quality and the ability to change settings like a dedicated imaging device were all very much on Hawkes's side, however, there were a few other natural obstacles of shooting with a smartphone that the photographer still needed to overcome.
"One trouble was with the viewfinder. Because it's a piece of glass, I felt like I spent a lot of time looking at a reflection of myself on the screen which made it tricky to shoot. It's also only possible to take one picture per second. Normally, I'd be taking 10 or 20 shots in that time, so it was rather like going back to film in that respect."
On the plus side, Nokia has addressed the former issue with the launch of the E7 that comes with a Black Screen setting to maximise brightness and reduce reflections when trying to take photos; a feature we can expect to see spread through the Finnish mobile maker's top end smartphones in the future.
While the N8 might have been a step back for Hawkes, it was still a huge leap on from when he first started out snapping from altitude. With a degree in photography under his belt, Hawkes was becoming frustrated as an assistant not learning so much about how to take shots as the commercial side of the business. It was only when he and a friend picked up an outdoor pursuits magazine for ideas of something to do at the weekend that he chanced upon his niche.
"On a whim we took a flight on a microlight. I didn't have my camera with me but I knew straight away that I had to get back up there and take some shots with all those amazing patterns down there to catch. I gave up my job immediately, we went down to the bank and got a £20,000 loan to buy a microlight - you could do that back in the early 90s - my friend learnt to fly it and we just started shooting pictures."
Beyond the transport and the camera, there was no need for any special equipment although, at the time, Hawkes did have to shoot with film which meant more than just the issue of not knowing whether or not he'd managed to capture each shot.
"The longest film we could use was 31 images and there was no GPS, so it was all about taking notes, changing reels and having a map flapping around on your lap which was next to impossible when you're up there in a microlight or a helicopter with the door wide open.
"There was no post production back then either. Now we seem to spend hours in the lightroom. Most of that's capturing and editing the ones we like of the 2,000 shots we might take but sometimes I might adjust the white balance here and there as well."
All the same, Hawkes managed to get good enough results to send them off to a now defunct magazine by the name of simply "Photography".
"It was a wonderful magazine and they printed eight pages of my shots and paid me for them as well which was massive for me at the time. I bought 100 copies and sent them out to people and then someone agreed to publish a book of them."
What resulted was "London From the Air", Hawkes's first and most successful book to date, selling 190,000 copies. He quickly switched to a helicopter, given that it's technically illegal to make money using a microlight, and has since made a name for himself as one of the top aerial photographers in the field, receiving e-mails every week from his peers asking him how he manages to capture his famous night shoot work.
"I help them, but only so much," he said keeping it guarded. "It's something that's taken me a lot of thinking and working out to get just right. It's got to do with using mounts but that's as much as I'm prepared to say."
Fortunately, he does have plenty of advice for anyone looking to take a few good aerial shots themselves.
"Having a fast shutter is the most important factor. I use a 1/1000 minimum for DSLRs and I shoot either a Nikon D3X or D3S - depending if I want video as well - with anything between a 14mm and 300mm lens."
Flights in a microlight for 20 minutes or so will cost around £150 and, according to Hawkes, the one to go for is the flex-wing variety which is essentially a hang-glider like wings that allows you to lean right over the side and take the view below without any obstruction, but you don't have to splash the cash if you'd rather not. It's perfectly possible to get some mileage out of shooting from a passenger plane - if you can bag the window seat, of course.
"If you're on a plane, then show that you're shooting in a plane. It's not going to be clear because of the glass anyway, so you may as well incorporate that into your composition."
As far as subject matter goes, Hawkes has been lucky enough to shoot just about everywhere but there are still plenty of places that elude him for one reason or another.
"I haven't shot in in India or Dubia, where it's practically impossible no permission. You need permission from everyone in the shot in Dubai as well of that of the people who own the property which is just not doable in aerial photography.
"Iceland is the one I'd love to shoot, though, with all the volcanoes and craters of all sorts of different colours but, basically, no one's paid for me to do that yet and it's a seriously expensive place to shoot if you're going on your own budget."
Fortunately, for his wallet, one of his favourite haunts is a little closer to home.
"The area in East London between the Olympic Park and Tilbury docks is great. It's a really weird landscape with all sorts of strange and dodgy looking things going on. There's a place with a car park full off ship containers will all sorts of lorries balanced on top and you just wonder what the hell it's all doing there. They can all make really great patterns for photographs."
With over 35 books under his belt there's no sign of Hawkes falling out of love with his craft. He's currently working on his latest collection of photos under the title of "A Year Over Britain" - a changing look at the country over the seasons - and to meet him, it's clear that despite the hours he's already clocked up inside a helicopter, it's something he'll stick with forever.


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Hot summer days and the warm nights that follow are practically made for cruising. There's nothing better than hopping in your car on a Saturday night and rolling down to the local Cruise 'n' Chew to hang with some friends and talk about cars 'till dawn. But nothing can ruin that more than pulling into your favorite parking spot with a puking radiator and all your buddies laughing at you. That's the bummer of summer. There is a solution, however, and it's easier and cheaper than you might think. Staying cool isn't hard these days and we've got the tips to keep you in the sub-zeros.
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It's the coolant's job to extract the heat from the engine and transfer it to the heat exchanger, which in an automobile is the radiator. If the pump cannot move enough coolant quickly, not enough heat will be pulled out of the engine and it'll run hot all the time. But this ties into several other areas that'll we'll address in a bit. Just remember that the only thing a coolant pump does is pump coolant.
You can, however, gain some horsepower with the proper coolant pump. And you might run cooler after installing the right pump, but only if your old pump couldn't keep up with demand. The author participated with Weiand Automotive Industries in the mid-late '90s developing a coolant pump testing program to be used with their coolant pump dynamometer (the only such unit in existence at the time). They dyno-tested and compared flow capacity and horsepower consumed between different factory and aftermarket pumps. It was found that most stock pumps could flow up to about 50 gallons of coolant per minute (gpm) at a standard test pressure of around 13 psi (flow capacity usually goes up as pressure is increased, due to less cavitation on the impeller). To move those 50 gpm a stock pump consumes an average of more than 10 hp.
The high-efficiency pumps Weiand was developing at the time consumed half that amount and flowed more than twice the coolant! That same technology has been engineered into most aftermarket performance pumps today, but there are some low-speed pumping sacrifices you'll also suffer with most of these pumps. Generally, if you're planning to do nothing but cruise down the boulevard or open highway, you'll actually do well to run a standard pump (Weiand has made standard-style, aluminum replacement pumps for years). But if you're going to make some horsepower and push your car hard on the road, you should opt for a high-performance pump like the Weiand Team G or Edelbrock Victor series.
The Radiator's Job Is To CoolThe radiator does the cooling. There's no other reason to have one. But if your radiator is too small or cannot move the necessary amount of coolant through it fast enough, your car will run hot, guaranteed. Before the widespread use of aluminum radiator cores in OEM applications, it was unusual to see an aluminum radiator in a hot rod. If someone needed to cool his or her car down, a large, heavy, multi-row brass/copper radiator was specially constructed.
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So a really unexpected funny thing happend a couple of days ago. There is a street called fagott street in my town in Sweden. BUT in english its translated to bassoon street.
However, I am always singing (Korn - Faget) "lalalalalalala faget!" in my head everytime my bus goes by that particular street. AND yesterday a stranger on the bus started singing on that very song out loud. It was so funny Just wanted to share that story!
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After dozens of athletes from the NBA, NFL, auto racing, the Olympics and the like making the rounds on primetime reality programming, it's about time Major League Baseball (and someone NOT named Jose Canseco) got some recognition in the reality show genre.
When the latest installment of "Survivor" premieres on CBS Wednesday night, National League MVP Jeff Kent will be in the fold.
His involvement has been covered enough (HERE and HERE for example), so, now that the door has been opened to the baseball world...why not specualte as to who else might make a great addition to a reality show.
And who better to do it than friend of The Hall (and one of TV's greatest reality show villains), Jonny Fairplay?
Fairplay on John Kruk: "He's not as big as he was, but he's not that small either."
Fairplay on Roger Clemens: "I'm still not buying it and I know LIARS!" Fairplay on Goose Gossage: "What are they going to do with that mustache?" Fairplay on Doc Gooden: "Nevermind. Been there, done that." Fairplay on Dale Murphy: "The most famous Mormon baseball player and my personal favorite player ever. Do all Mormons get multiple wives? If so, sign me up!" Who do you think should have a show? Let us know in the comments below! And feel free to follow all the antics and exploits of two-time "Survivor" contestant Jonny Fairplay on Twitter at @jonnyfairplay.
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