New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are some things you learnt from a game that changed your life?
Ask HN: What are some things you learnt from a game that changed your life?
6 by behnamoh | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I find it fascinating how some games turn out to reflect much of my philosophy about life. For instance, I played Inside a while ago and was amazed by how much you can achieve by so little. The game was mostly about timing, and you'd be surprised how much of our life is just "hacking time" (I first heard this phrase in Mr. Robot.) Catan (board game) taught me the power of being forward-looking but also being myopic depending on the type of your opponents. It also taught me that I don't belong to games (situations) where one party is being irrational and acts based on knee-jerk decisions. In Catan, I now try not to reveal my best card and get ahead early on in the game in order to avoid becoming an easy and default target for other players. I think these are really interesting life lessons I (re-)learnt from a game that wasn't even designed with that purpose in mind. I'm looking for any and all games that can potentially teach me something, but are not "educational" games.
6 by behnamoh | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I find it fascinating how some games turn out to reflect much of my philosophy about life. For instance, I played Inside a while ago and was amazed by how much you can achieve by so little. The game was mostly about timing, and you'd be surprised how much of our life is just "hacking time" (I first heard this phrase in Mr. Robot.) Catan (board game) taught me the power of being forward-looking but also being myopic depending on the type of your opponents. It also taught me that I don't belong to games (situations) where one party is being irrational and acts based on knee-jerk decisions. In Catan, I now try not to reveal my best card and get ahead early on in the game in order to avoid becoming an easy and default target for other players. I think these are really interesting life lessons I (re-)learnt from a game that wasn't even designed with that purpose in mind. I'm looking for any and all games that can potentially teach me something, but are not "educational" games.
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