Gaming

Maslow’s Needs and Gaming

What does it mean to achieve something?  Is it good enough to feel like you achieve, when you really don’t?  Does the modern world provide a false sense of achievement too often, to the point at which people don’t actually do anything? Image generated using this neat tool. It is hard not to notice the [...]

Go play a real guitar…

I have thought about this subject a lot.  When playing a game like Guitar Hero or Rockband, people always say “Why don’t you just play a real instrument?”  This question I feel is easy to answer, as I am going to try to do here.  First and foremost, I would like clarify the subject of gaming as a [...]

Anyone wanna watch some Metal Gear?

So I finally got to use my Playstation 3 for something other then an overpowered Blu-Ray player, Metal Gear Solid 4.  I am still not really sure if I am writing a review of the game or not with this post, but I tend to think its not so much of a review, more of [...]