Posts Tagged ‘gametheory’

Life Lessons From World Of Warcraft

John August, screenwriter for Corpse Bride and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, has come up with seven lessons he's learned from playing World Of Warcraft. I don't think I'm alone in saying, if there's one thing that will save mankind, it's MMORPGs.2. Grinding is part of the game… In WoW parlance, “grinding” is the process of killing a bunch of fairly easy monsters, one after the other, strictly to rack up… Continue reading

February 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: gametheory, life | 3 comments»

Role 3d6 for Personal Development

Any oldschool Dungeons and Dragons readers get that reference? If not, here's my basic premise: view your personal development like you would character development in role playing games.

Capabilities- Some things you are born with, and others can be trained. For instance, strength can be developed to certain end points, but intelligence is something that one possesses a certain degree of, regardless of training. Training becomes more of a skill or

June 19 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: development, gametheory, hacks, Productivity, selfimprovement, skills | 5 comments»