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A look at gaming's history from a younger perspective, and whether we need to understand history at all.
Thursday, July 01, 2010 |
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"Animal Crossing perhaps?"
Sunday, March 07, 2010
"^ Indeed."
Friday, March 05, 2010
", spot number 24. I should fix"
Monday, February 22, 2010
"Fa"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
"clarify a bit, these people are assholes for sure, but personally involving ourselves in their stupidity is completely unnecessary in the grand scheme of things. Don't depress yourself thinking about it, just try and avoid it if you can. You'll enjoy this place"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
"st off, great article. I'm glad somebody is writing this type of stuff, and you're doing a damn good job at it Omar. Keep it up! Now, an anecdote.
This past fall, I was in my world literature class, and we were reading Frankenstein, or some other such novel, and soon came up the timeless argument of nature versus nurture. The class soon devolved into me falling on the side of nurture alone, bitterly trying to defend my own arguments, and everybody else believing in some combination of the two. I believe that their are certain un-articulate-able fallacies of the mind, beyond our comprehension, that account for nature of humans as a whole (human nature is kind of a vague term when you think about it...) but I most certainly do not believe in individual nature, that people are spiritually or chemically pre-ordained to follow a certain path in life and have certain characteristics (beyond physical ones of course). Like Hobbes says, we'll take the opportunity to hurt others because it benefits our mind ever so minimally. That is human nature. People are not inherently bad themselves; a lot of factors contribute to certain people doing bad things or saying hurtful things. That is what these Internet folk do, and anonymity is a huge part of encouraging that.
My job in my life is to be the best person I can possibly be and try to make my way through the day happily. What it is not to do is to involve myself in understanding people's sometimes horrible mindsets because it depresses me. People invest themselves too much in the failures of others and the misdeeds of humanity when it only sees to bring them sorrow. It's just a subconscious way of inflating the Ego. We're all different and have different ways of thinking about things. Why wonder about why others are assholes, in the case of this article "Internet trolls" and "griefers", when we're not ourselves? Because it brings to us that minimal sense of subconscious self-gratification you mentioned in your article, even when we are decidedly more nicer and noble in our thinking. Thus is the foundation of opinion, and ultimately, argument and war. This is why I resent politics, organized religion, and the ilk. Not because I don't have viewpoints or strong opinions on matters, but because trying to defend yourself brings to us vanity and corruption and an egoic state of mind. The cycle of defense and attack with people like Internet trolls is not what I need in my life and getting personally involved in criticizing these people isn't doing anybody any good (not that you are Omar!). That's why I come to Bitmob, to just avoid that stuff altogether and be in a fun and encouraging community of good people. :)
I strongly recommend Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" as reading. Don't resent it simply because it was on Oprah's Book Club. For the love of all that is good, don't. Most of all, thank you for writing a thoughtful article that encourages this type of discussion. Hope I made a semblance of sense to anybody but m"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
"m Thanks for responding! Hope my comment didn't come off as mean-spirited in anyway... I really do appreciate the fact that somebody took the time to put together a post like"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
"l be selfish and say that I actually kind of hope the site doesn't grow too much, as I kind of like the small-town vibe we have going on here. That being said, the site does need to sustain itself and expand it's feature-set and grow so that it can be a worthy endeavor for the creators who put in the effort to begin such a fantastic site. Donating is a worthy cause and money will certainly help these guys; they very much deserve it! Perhaps you're a little out of line for soliciting money for them, but I think I speak for the entire community when I say that your heart is in the right place for making this post and some of us should in fact donate, however small the amount, so that we can see the site and it's userbase expand. I just hope they never add a message board... or that the site never attracts too much Internet riff-raff...
Well, I hope this post, however warranted or unwarranted, does get people to donate. Oh and you should continue to write Tom! Or draw... Or somethin"
Saturday, February 20, 2010
"like to thank Aaron Thomas in advance for fishing up another code for me. :P
But seriously, congratulations to Jef"
Thursday, February 18, 2010
"d article, though I'm not sure I entirely agree with it. Nor do I entirely with Jim and any of the arguments he presented in either of his editorials. The discussion that is generated from this stuff is important for the gaming community, so I'd appreciate it if a lot of people didn't simply dismiss someone on either side of the argument like seems to be happening. And Jim certainly doesn't deserve any personal attacks. At least he has distinct viewpoints unlike a lot of people out there and can voice them confidently and well.
But looking over them, it gives me a lot to think about. I'm glad we can have this discussion, as it gives me a lot to think about. I do have some opinions, but nothing I can articulate pretty well. It's a situation where I can't that Sterling is right, or that his detractors are right, and yet at the same time, there both kind of right. I'll come back to ya when I've read enough material to form an opinion that I can articulate better.
Cheeres for writing about the iss"
Thursday, February 18, 2010
"l]http://twitter.com/Ververdan/status/9304864953[/url]
And no, I didn't create an account just for thos contest. I, uh... delete any tweets. Kinda use it just to follow peop"
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS8jAEIP194
Hope this hasn't been picked before."