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Comment on Brain Training Games Are Bullshit (lookin’ at you, Lumosity) by whathe

whathe — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:05 +0000

Zeke you are a bit of a wanker

Comment on Garry’s Mod #1 – This’ll Probably Only Last a Half-Life by zekeiddon

zekeiddon — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:24:50 +0000

@MrBillwulf Do me a favour and tweet me whenever it resumes. My subscription feed is so jumbled I often miss videos unless I’m specifically looking out for them.

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SimCity Entry #4: I Needed The Money So … | Iron Man Mode: The Blog — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:21:20 +0000

[...] Last time, I had two large buildings going up in the middle of my city. It was a mystery what they would turn out to be, but after a few minute at full speed, I was rewarded with quite the pleasing site – a giant multilevel tower and a neat apartment suite. I felt so proud of myself that I named the tower after myself. [...]

Comment on Garry’s Mod #1 – This’ll Probably Only Last a Half-Life by MrBillwulf

MrBillwulf — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:49:33 +0000

@zekeiddon I’m still planning on it. I’m almost done with the bulk of my tutoring and editing, so I’ll have some time to finish the series. Might have my cousin on as a special guest.

Comment on Garry’s Mod #1 – This’ll Probably Only Last a Half-Life by zekeiddon

zekeiddon — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:11:00 +0000

@MrBillwulf Note to self: Change the comments boards on the site. They format everything to look like a five year old’s “what I did on holiday” school assignment.

Comment on Garry’s Mod #1 – This’ll Probably Only Last a Half-Life by zekeiddon

zekeiddon — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:09:14 +0000

@MrBillwulf And kick Barney into the Blast Pit! Or one of any number of pits that appear in Half-Life. I think Freeman would love it in Sparta.By the way, I was thinking as I was playing this – when are you gonna finish that HL2 series on Youtube, huh?Been waiting for that to rise like a phoenix for some time now. Rise up, Dr. Wulf. Rise up… and taste the ashes.

Comment on Brain Training Games Are Bullshit (lookin’ at you, Lumosity) by SharonMoskowitz

SharonMoskowitz — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:09 +0000

Thank you for this. I am nearing the end of a two-year subscription to “Luminosity” (in my defense, I actually AM brain-damaged–very slow-growing brain tumor) that I got in part because I actually enjoyed the games, especially the attention- and task-switching-testing ones, and in part because I was hoping that the games would serve as a sort of early warning of subtle cognitive decline should the tumor start to act up, certainly way cheaper and faster than getting appointments set up for genuine, thorough neuropsych testing. Sadly, when I inevitably got bored with the games and took a long stretch off, it became clear to me that even for my relatively modest purposes, the “BPI” is pure bunk. In several months of non-play, this “scientific,” “normalized” score, supposedly based on comparing my score to millions of others, DID NOT BUDGE. This despite massive marketing campaigns that were, allegedly, bringing in millions of new users (with presumably crappy scores, as they were new and “untrained”). OTOH, that might have been counter-balanced by established players growing in expertise, which might have made my score fall a bit by comparison. Either way, I find it impossible to believe that those two forces would EXACTLY cancel each other out for several months in a row. A score based on comparisons to other players should have been wobbling (however slightly) up and down on the scale throughout the entire time I wasn’t playing. But nope, absolutely dead-straight line. Obviously, they’ll get no more money from me. I figure if my work performance slips or it takes me longer to solve sudoku puzzles, or I get into more arguments with collaborators on theater projects, that’s enough early warning. And I’ve been meaning to brush up on chess and rock climbing (probably not at the same time ;). I figure those are “brain-training” enough.

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EusebioMontesOr — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:40:27 +0000

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Comment on Garry’s Mod #1 – This’ll Probably Only Last a Half-Life by MrBillwulf

MrBillwulf — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:02:57 +0000

“… when I inevitably try to simulate the Battle of Thermopylae with 60,000 zombies later on.”

Can’t wait! Kleiner can yell out “This … is … Black … Mesa!”

Comment on Brain Training Games Are Bullshit (lookin’ at you, Lumosity) by zekeiddon

zekeiddon — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:48:46 +0000

@MasterSplinter1989 ”Obviously you did zero research before you wrote this rant.”
Obviously you did zero thinking when you read it.

“Games have been proven to increase many things such as hand-eye coordination.”

Did I say video games in general don’t increase hand-eye coordination? No, you idiot. I said Lumosity doesn’t improve your critical faculties. You’re living proof.

“The military used (I did when I was in the Armed-Forces)”

You play Call of Duty? Awesome.

“and guess what. It worked.”

It didn’t.

“to say that no one has learned a language in their sleep, WRONG. I did.”

You didn’t.

“Next time do research.”

Next time consider learning proper English in your sleep before doing foreign languages.