The Depth and the Shallowness of Time
The passage of time is inevitable. There are physicists out there who claim time doesn’t even exist at all, but they can’t really prove it. As far as everyday experience is concerned time… Continue reading
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Loot Boxes, and the Appeal of Higher Education
Video games are great because they allow a person to scratch their competitive itch without suffering any real-life consequences. It is great to win a round of Overwatch or get a multi-kill in… Continue reading
Video Games, Wisdom, and Cake
Video games have taught me a lot. History, science, and strategy are all things I have grappled with n virtual worlds. Video games have even taught me people skills, despite the stereotype of… Continue reading
What Type of Gamer is God?
Have you heard the entire universe is actually just a simulation? At least, smart physicists and people like Elon Musk seem to think so. And Elon Musk is rich, so he must know… Continue reading
Life and Level Caps
What is the meaning of life? Nobody will ever be able to definitively tell you. A lot of people will try. Sometimes you should listen. Sometimes you shouldn’t. Maybe the meaning of life… Continue reading
Data Leaves No Ruins
The best part of any video game is not the beginning, or the middle. The best part is the end. After you have had all the fun, collected all the loot, and defeated… Continue reading
Booted off the Server of Life
Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness characterized by rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery. It is more commonly known as fainting, and is not a socially desirable thing to do. However,… Continue reading
The Most Valuable Treasures
For much of our time on Earth, we humans existed as nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers. We roamed the land, searching for the necessities of life: food, water, raw materials, medicine, and so on.… Continue reading
To Build A Tower
One of my life’s greatest ambitions is to one day live in a tower. Like a wizard. From high atop my perch I could cloister myself away from the world, or just as… Continue reading
Free Will and Destiny
I. Free will and freedom are similar, but different things. Freedom is a state of self-determination that has a lot to do with our relationships with other people. A person is free if they… Continue reading
Apology for an NPC
Everyone is the protagonist of their own life, the hero of their own story, but where do we fit as individuals on the grander scale of things? Two of the most profound influences… Continue reading