computer_games – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Game Mods

2022-04-17

Kinda impressive how powerful game mods can be.
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Gaming on the Mac

2021-11-20

Yeah, not recommended.
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Having too few and too structured options in a Game

2020-05-16

Recently tried out "Pathfinder: Kingmaker". Very nice game, but in a way too limited, even when having lots of options.
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Cheating in Computer Games

2020-02-12

If you are looking for a story in computer games, cheating is often ... helpful.
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Recommendation (as a time sink): The Outer Worlds

2019-11-02

Yup, escaping into that world of meaningful-meaningless shifting bits and bytes again.
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The Attraction of Computer Games

2013-12-17

An impressive music video that can make you emotionally understand why some people are drawn to computer games.
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A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.