I wonder about this; why we work so hard to get the women who (kind of) love us to love our games.
I've thought about this a bit. For one, it is kind of a form of validation. Kind of a "Honey, I know you think I spend too much time with this thing, but look, see? It's really fun!"
But then there's also the fact that I (for one) really like my GF, and would rather spend time with her than not spend time with her. Yes, we do many different things together, but I believe (hope?) gaming could be one more thing to add to the list.
So far the only game I have that she will play is Soul Callibur II, a circumstance with fits well with your observations about fighting games.
A note about the document you quoted: That's an 'Informed Consent' document. Any study including human subjects has to be passed by an Institutional Review Board. One requirement for passing is that the subjects be well informed of the benefits and risks of participating. The benefits section answers the question, "How will I directly benefit from participating in this study?"
Even if this is an addiction study, which it doesn't seem to be, participation won't benefit the subject in any way. Really, the procedure involves filling out a questionarre, and that won't provide any direct benefit.
I realize this is answering a question nobody really asked, but I've dealt a lot with my institution's review board, so I thought I'd chime in.
I never, ever saw a multiple-angle enabled movie (or never noticed it...)
I have a Cartoon Network powerpuff girls dvd that uses the multiple angle button to show how animation is made. One 'angle' is the finished cartoon, the other is before colorizing. I don't recall which one it is, unfortunately.
Hmm. A post about PPG in a discussion centered on porn.
So this is slightly off-topic, but I thought it a fun coincidence that I just got through interviewing someone for a job who I had invited to the interview specifically because of the video games she played.
Somewhat more on-topic: there's a great essay in The Video Game Theory Reader on the role of computer games in the classroom. Check it out if you're interested.
"You can stand in front of a steamroller, jump up and down, scream curses at it and give it dirty looks all you want but that won't stop it from rolling right over you."
I agree that the meanings of words will inevitably change as attitudes and values change. As responsible people it is incumbent on us to pay attention to these changes and notice the attitudes and values they convey. Using the term gay in place of some other negative word or phrase reflects an attitude I don't share, so I don't do it.
If one feels that being gay is a bad or ridiculous thing, well, everyone is entitled to an opinion. I just think we should acknowledge the implications of our word choice and take responsibility for them.
And back on topic: I just yell when someone is driving rudely. They don't hear me (so they aren't distracted), and it makes me feel better. I don't think these cars are such a good idea. Maybe they patented it so nobody could do it?
Vision science hasn't really come up with a good way to quantify glare in pre and post-operative patients of LASIK and related surgeries. Subjective studies (where they just ask the patients), along with anecdotal evidence, show a tendency for increased glare problems after LASIK.
Within the next few years you can expect reasonable quantitative studies of glare after LASIK. This will give you statistical answers to questions like: What are the chances of having glare effects? and How bad might it be?
And if anyone's wondering: LASIK stands for LAser in SItu Keratomileusis
1. Feds want Longhorn to be "difficult to change"
From the article:
[The feds are monitoring Longhorn] to make sure it is not presented with a "fait accompli" version of the software that would be difficult to change.
The feds don't want Longhorn to be difficult to change. They are making sure they catch any violations before it is unreasonably difficult for Microsoft to change the software to fix those violations.
I don't buy (or download) much music these days, and I don't pay much attention to new bands, but for only a little more than the (outrageous) price of a CD i can buy an EA sports game for my PS2. With the last one I bought, I got about 20 songs from artists I hadn't really listened to before. Some of them I didn't like, others I thought were alright.
EA wins 'cause I bought their game, I win 'cause I get a pretty good game with some ok music, the artists win 'cause they reached a potential consumer they wouldn't otherwise reach.
I'm not sure I would want to buy and download songs based on hearing them in a game (I already have that song in the game!), but I'll definitely consider buying an album or two.
I work in a lab doing EEG research. The article says the game is controlled with Alpha Waves. Alpha waves are generally produced by people in a meditative state, or when you just zone out. It's easy to tell if a subject is losing focus because alpha waves start to show up. So people that aren't sleepy can still win this game. They just have to zone out.
Interestingly, some people produce really strong alpha almost all the time, while others produce little or no alpha.
I'm running a pretty out of date PC these days. It keeps up with HL and its mods, but probably couldn't play a newer game like Far Cry. As soon as HL2 is out I'll put together something a bit more state of the art. This will probably encourage me to buy more games, too. I imagine many people have been waiting for the next big game (be it doom3 or hl2 or, poor suckers, Duke Nukem Forever).
It could be the market is just waiting for an excuse to upgrade before buying a bunch of latest and greatest games.
I was a student at UC Berkeley a few years ago and the chancellor sent out an e-mail about music sharing. It said, essentially, that the UC values the privacy of its students and would never voluntarily monitor what the students were doing with their bandwidth. But the UC had to do something to stop illegal music sharing or they would be forced to do just that.
Berkeley's solution was to limit the amount of bandwidth used for any reason. This wasn't very popular, but I'm glad we got that instead of being forced to pay for some lame service.
... the first habitat depressurisation leads to an unpleasant death for everyone on board
While there are lots of potentially disastrous things that can happen with these habitats, being exposed to space for short periods of time is not as gruesome as movies might have us think. Assuming some part of the habitat could be repressurised and the people could be gotten there in a hurry.
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I don't know... watch them turn it into a 3D first person shooter, where the only jellybean you need is the one that turns the blob into a gun. Sigh.
But then there's also the fact that I (for one) really like my GF, and would rather spend time with her than not spend time with her. Yes, we do many different things together, but I believe (hope?) gaming could be one more thing to add to the list.
So far the only game I have that she will play is Soul Callibur II, a circumstance with fits well with your observations about fighting games.
Even if this is an addiction study, which it doesn't seem to be, participation won't benefit the subject in any way. Really, the procedure involves filling out a questionarre, and that won't provide any direct benefit.
I realize this is answering a question nobody really asked, but I've dealt a lot with my institution's review board, so I thought I'd chime in.
I have a Cartoon Network powerpuff girls dvd that uses the multiple angle button to show how animation is made. One 'angle' is the finished cartoon, the other is before colorizing. I don't recall which one it is, unfortunately.
Hmm. A post about PPG in a discussion centered on porn.
So this is slightly off-topic, but I thought it a fun coincidence that I just got through interviewing someone for a job who I had invited to the interview specifically because of the video games she played.
Somewhat more on-topic: there's a great essay in The Video Game Theory Reader on the role of computer games in the classroom. Check it out if you're interested.
As long as I can still use this google will always be 1337.
"You can stand in front of a steamroller, jump up and down, scream curses at it and give it dirty looks all you want but that won't stop it from rolling right over you."
I agree that the meanings of words will inevitably change as attitudes and values change. As responsible people it is incumbent on us to pay attention to these changes and notice the attitudes and values they convey. Using the term gay in place of some other negative word or phrase reflects an attitude I don't share, so I don't do it.
If one feels that being gay is a bad or ridiculous thing, well, everyone is entitled to an opinion. I just think we should acknowledge the implications of our word choice and take responsibility for them.
And back on topic: I just yell when someone is driving rudely. They don't hear me (so they aren't distracted), and it makes me feel better. I don't think these cars are such a good idea. Maybe they patented it so nobody could do it?
Vision science hasn't really come up with a good way to quantify glare in pre and post-operative patients of LASIK and related surgeries. Subjective studies (where they just ask the patients), along with anecdotal evidence, show a tendency for increased glare problems after LASIK.
Within the next few years you can expect reasonable quantitative studies of glare after LASIK. This will give you statistical answers to questions like: What are the chances of having glare effects? and How bad might it be?
And if anyone's wondering: LASIK stands for LAser in SItu Keratomileusis
From the article:
[The feds are monitoring Longhorn] to make sure it is not presented with a "fait accompli" version of the software that would be difficult to change.
The feds don't want Longhorn to be difficult to change. They are making sure they catch any violations before it is unreasonably difficult for Microsoft to change the software to fix those violations.
I don't buy (or download) much music these days, and I don't pay much attention to new bands, but for only a little more than the (outrageous) price of a CD i can buy an EA sports game for my PS2. With the last one I bought, I got about 20 songs from artists I hadn't really listened to before. Some of them I didn't like, others I thought were alright.
EA wins 'cause I bought their game, I win 'cause I get a pretty good game with some ok music, the artists win 'cause they reached a potential consumer they wouldn't otherwise reach.
I'm not sure I would want to buy and download songs based on hearing them in a game (I already have that song in the game!), but I'll definitely consider buying an album or two.
I work in a lab doing EEG research. The article says the game is controlled with Alpha Waves. Alpha waves are generally produced by people in a meditative state, or when you just zone out. It's easy to tell if a subject is losing focus because alpha waves start to show up. So people that aren't sleepy can still win this game. They just have to zone out.
Interestingly, some people produce really strong alpha almost all the time, while others produce little or no alpha.
I'm running a pretty out of date PC these days. It keeps up with HL and its mods, but probably couldn't play a newer game like Far Cry. As soon as HL2 is out I'll put together something a bit more state of the art. This will probably encourage me to buy more games, too. I imagine many people have been waiting for the next big game (be it doom3 or hl2 or, poor suckers, Duke Nukem Forever).
It could be the market is just waiting for an excuse to upgrade before buying a bunch of latest and greatest games.
I was a student at UC Berkeley a few years ago and the chancellor sent out an e-mail about music sharing. It said, essentially, that the UC values the privacy of its students and would never voluntarily monitor what the students were doing with their bandwidth. But the UC had to do something to stop illegal music sharing or they would be forced to do just that.
Berkeley's solution was to limit the amount of bandwidth used for any reason. This wasn't very popular, but I'm glad we got that instead of being forced to pay for some lame service.
While there are lots of potentially disastrous things that can happen with these habitats, being exposed to space for short periods of time is not as gruesome as movies might have us think. Assuming some part of the habitat could be repressurised and the people could be gotten there in a hurry.