Arquivos da tag:gaming addiction

November 27, 2018

My dear daughter, Now you know how to recognize and avoid addictions.  They hijack your brain and your life. Why are we prone to addictions? There is something in our brains which is called the reward system. Over millions of years our species, as well as most of our previous species, evolved to have enormousContinuar lendo “November 27, 2018”

November 25, 2018

My dear daughter, So that’s the lesson. I have enjoyed video games a lot. I don’t doubt they have improved my cognitive abilities during my development stages, might have even improved my IQ. They helped me learn English and even become more fluent in Spanish.  Video games were actually the reason I started reading comics.Continuar lendo “November 25, 2018”

November 24, 2018

My dear daughter, Now that I quit video games (again), I’ve been reading a lot more. I have also put new strings in my acoustic guitar and went back to playing it. I play for you now, you seem to enjoy it, even though I’ve only recalled 3 songs so far. I have managed toContinuar lendo “November 24, 2018”

November 23, 2018

My dear daughter, Every time I finished a Dark Souls game I would tell myself it was the last one and there was no reason to keep playing for a new game, that I would focus on other things. But it was useless, I would end up doing again what my brain was already accustomedContinuar lendo “November 23, 2018”

November 22, 2018

My dear daughter, The Dark Souls series… you could call it an action RPG, it has gothic themes, it’s somewhat inspired by the “Berserker!” manga and it’s considerably more difficult than the average game nowadays… it has a steeper learning curve, it’s more challenging. There were plenty of older games much more difficult than DarkContinuar lendo “November 22, 2018”

November 21, 2018

My dear daughter, Because of the Star Trek groups in Second Life I ended up playing Star Trek Online when it was released. I’ve played it for 9 or 10 months. It comes with no surprise my main was a Klingon Federation Officer. But after that I quit MMOs for good. I went back toContinuar lendo “November 21, 2018”

November 19, 2018

My dear daughter, I must have started playing World of Warcraft around 2006. I still have the official game box I ordered online from the USA. They were about to release the first major expansion, The Burning Crusade.   I played practically non stop till 2009. During those 2 and a half years I rarely playedContinuar lendo “November 19, 2018”