Comments for Brightwind http://www.brightwind.org by David Bowers Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Value of Games by David http://www.brightwind.org/gaming/the-value-of-games/#comment-3 David Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:26:48 +0000 http://www.brightwind.org/?p=16#comment-3 That's awesome, Josh! I loved Civilization while growing up too. Even more recently, it proved very useful to me during the time when my mother was very unwell. I played Civilization Revolutions on my iPod touch, and it helped me cope during the long hours of waiting. Civilization itself stands as a case study of how a game can reflect a lot of serious philosophies and ideas about human history, and present them in a way that makes them not only interesting, but vital to engaging play. That’s awesome, Josh! I loved Civilization while growing up too. Even more recently, it proved very useful to me during the time when my mother was very unwell. I played Civilization Revolutions on my iPod touch, and it helped me cope during the long hours of waiting.

Civilization itself stands as a case study of how a game can reflect a lot of serious philosophies and ideas about human history, and present them in a way that makes them not only interesting, but vital to engaging play.

]]> Comment on The Value of Games by Josh http://www.brightwind.org/gaming/the-value-of-games/#comment-2 Josh Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:35:53 +0000 http://www.brightwind.org/?p=16#comment-2 Hey! When I think of games that have changed me, I often think of growing up playing Civilization 2. It really is a beautiful game where you experience the relations between different countries. I can distinctly remember asking my mom what the word "alliance" means. It really gave me a world perspective from a young age. -Josh Hey!

When I think of games that have changed me, I often think of growing up playing Civilization 2. It really is a beautiful game where you experience the relations between different countries. I can distinctly remember asking my mom what the word “alliance” means. It really gave me a world perspective from a young age.

-Josh

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