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

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

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