While I like video games and found Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter an entertaining ride, I am skeptical when people describe video games in all glowing terms. Like everything, they improve specific skills. Also people are attracted to games in which they have specific skills.…
Research on gender and education suggests boys might compete to answer questions to show they are “better” than their peers in the room. You know like how they compete playing video games, athletics, etc. Geek boys strive to be the center of attention by having the rarest toys or knowing the…
Tetris can occupy my time for hours. So I was curious about First Person Tetris. Conceptually, I like the idea behind it. Rotating the “TV” and Nintendo system makes for a very different approach. However, I didn’t like so much the vertigo.
Sports are entertainment. Some watch it for the feats. Some like discussing tactics. Some just want to see scores. Some love the bloopers (aka mistakes). The second you feel a sports player seen on television wronged you by a decision on or off the field (or court), it is time to turn off said TV.…
Star Trek Experience Re-opening in May, originally uploaded by Ezra F. http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2009/02/star-trek-exper.html
Zeroed In, originally uploaded by Ezra F. I took this picture by reducing the amount of light in camera because the one with a normal level got washed out. Interesting effect.
Wow… I have been ignoring a lot of propaganda lately. Work will often send email to all the employees. A filter sends those to my propaganda folder. I only have 5 for the first three days of September and 11 for the first three days of October. Not a promising start. Of course, it is…