In response to my post about Journey, my friend Ted pointed me at two articles about the game, both of which proved fascinating:

“Seeking the Light” at the Brainy Gamer, about how:

Journey elegantly conveys sapta bodhyanga, or the Seven Factors of Enlightenment in Buddhist philosophy:

Mindfulness
Investigation
Energy
Joy or rapture
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I’ve played Dungeons & Dragons since I taught myself at 12, but I only painted lead miniatures while I was at college and for a few years after that. So 20 years ago, for those of you who want the math. I recently unearthed my old box of painted figures and took a few pictures.

My favorite figure by far was this human ranger. Her bow is still ( Read more... )

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I love board games. I love them so much, I would marry them if I could. They’re fun, they’re social, and the good ones make you think in all sorts of great, brain-stretching ways. If I’m ever made supreme ruler of the world, board games will the universal pastime.

Oh, yes, to the point of this blog entry. I linked to a great game called Ticket to ( Read more... )

Chris had to work on New Year’s Eve, so we decided to spend the night at home, in the company of each other, our cat, and our online friends in the World of Warcraft. We celebrated New Year’s on the East Coast, in Central time, and on West Coast time with much (in-game) drinking and dancing and fireworks. The highlight for me was our naked dungeon ( Read more... )