Are You in For an Experiment?

Hey my fellow gamers! Today I'd like to share an experience I had during the weekend. I decided to allocate 2 hours of trying out different mobile games (I've already done such experiments with PC games during my teenage years). I tested different games and the whole point of this experiment was to investigate what I do love and what I don't love in a game.

So, here are 3 things I really enjoy in a game:

1. The universe and characters in it, for example: Star Wars (of course it's in number one place), Marvel, Dragon Age, Mass Effect
2. Something to develop, preferably favorite characters!
3. Not too much time consuming, as this is our most precious resource I do want to share it with my family and friends as well!

 I believe I have transferred some of those in my real life. For example, I do love to improve things around, whether at home, at work, or at myself. And love to have some time restrictions in case I got carried away, not that it doesn't happen! And I believe you have transferred some of your favorite points to your life as well.

Let me know what are your favorite common points in all games you play!

Keep learning and may the Force be with you!

In Search for Answers

Have you ever “encountered” the advice: “Find your passion”? I did start to encounter this phrase more often once I started reading self-development literature. I don’t know the answer, how to find it, but what I do know is that games can help you find what you love. Let me give you a story from my early gamers days.

The first game I started playing (excluding Duke Nukem 3D) was Roller Coaster Tycoon. I could spend hours upgrading and improving my park. Next game was Worms Armageddon. Again, hours of improving this one shot, how to pass some challenges. Next came Heroes of Might and Magic III, more hours in upgrading and improving strategies. I did love those improvement parts. Did I know back then that this is exactly what draw me to the concrete game? 100% NO! But as I was very consistent and I tried many different games finally managed to understand what kept my attention at some of the games, and lost it at others. That’s why I keep playing games where there are a ton of development of characters like Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes and many others.

My point with that story is that if you search for a common theme in all games you play, you might end up finding your passion, or in the worst case, you’ll find something you very much love! Remember those two words from the beginning: upgrading and improving? Every single activity I start in my life is around those two things: wing chun, snowboarding, programming, gaming. Basically, I try to apply them in everything I do, because I’m just passionate about the process of improving. Even this blog is a journey of constant improvement.

Let me know what is the common part for you in the comments below.

Keep learning and may the Force be with you!