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Comment on Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is by UnSubject

UnSubject — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:55:18 +0000

How’s Part 2 coming along?

Comment on 1998 was the Best Year in the History of Gaming by OXIDE

OXIDE — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:58:54 +0000

F-Zero X
Klonoa
FFVII(PC)
Radiant Silvergun
Tomb Raider III
etc

Comment on GDC 2011: Dynamics, The State of the Art by Lisa Cole

Lisa Cole — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:34:50 +0000

Hey, you read the book! By the way, nice cat pictures. ME, IBCLC

Comment on The Psychology of Starcraft 2 by Mike Callahan

Mike Callahan — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:36:07 +0000

ADHD does NOT advantage someone at SC2 across the board. I have the “hyper focus” variety, and I can’t STOP doing something mundane until I haven’t multitasked enough to keep up my Econ, stopped my units from running into fire, etc. ADHD does not necessarily increase one’s ability or predisposition to multitask. For many of us, it’s a case of “hyper tasking”, or excelling at one task to the detriment of all others. Great points on maintaining long run priorities, etc., but it’s offensive and more than a bit ignorant to suggest that the blight of ADHD (how I’ve experienced it) is somehow ADVANTAGEOUS? It probably helps you to put us all in a box and justify your own failure by comparing it to your superiority vis a vis everyday tasks vs us ADHDers, but it’s simply not true. We all fail, and some of us, myself included, probably suck worse at SC2 than you because of it. C’est la vie. I’m a permabronze because I can’t defend simple minded attacks from better-at-basics opponents. Ironically, I had more success in Silver due to the spurning of simplistic approaches…until several ABC123 guys knocked me back to bronze. It’s not a lack of &$*% ADHD that’s hurting your play, buddy, TRUST me.

Comment on Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is by True to Design: What I’m Reading « Managing the Game

True to Design: What I’m Reading « Managing the Game — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:27 +0000

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Comment on DotA Allstars: Great Game, Horrible Players by Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is « Double Buffered

Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is « Double Buffered — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:09:14 +0000

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Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is « Double Buffered — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:09:11 +0000

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Comment on The Psychology of Starcraft 2 by mouse

mouse — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:25:48 +0000

Outside of starcraft I cant talk in the phone while doing anything else really, but in-game im injecting that larvae while harrassing one base with my mutas and another with my zerglings. A diamond/master wonders what that means?

Comment on 1998 was the Best Year in the History of Gaming by Blake

Blake — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:13:48 +0000

Where’s Spyro the Dragon? That was another 1998 game.

Comment on The Psychology of Starcraft 2 by RMN

RMN — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:57:37 +0000

I have the exact same problem, and I’m struggling to go through driver’s ed for the very same reason (focusing on one danger on the left side and missing the one on the right). I think you’re on to something.
I plan to read the book “The Multitasking Mind” by Dario D. Salvucci and Niels A. Taatgen and hope to find some answers there.