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New Year, New Game: Dogs in the Vineyard

Today is the Chinese New Year’s Day. Last night’s fireworks have left their remains strewn all around the streets and parking lots of residential complexes here in China, and everywhere one has the feeling that people are having great fun with their families, in spite of the mess. In that spirit of festive messiness, I’ve …

January 23, 2012 – 4:43 pm | By David | Posted in Gaming | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A Friendly Foe

This is about challenge, opposition, danger, and fear. Suppose I say to you, hey let’s play this game. You say 1, I say 2, you say 3, and so on, and when we get to 10, then it’s over! Sounds kind of boring right? There’s nothing for you to put your mind to, no challenge …

January 8, 2012 – 10:01 pm | By David | Posted in Gaming | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)