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17Feb/102

The Only Thing I Know

The last few years, I've made an effort to manage my allocation of time better as it comes to games. I used to be a core member of a serious World of Warcraft guild. The hours spent each night is just not a commitment I'm prepared to make at the expense of real life.

This guy makes some good points but the real kicker is near the end.

I'm much happier playing one level of Little Big Planet with my wife than I can be in the hours needed for a WoW raid.

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Jon Thomas

Thanks for posting Mike. Life is about balance. I deal with it every day. I've realized that no matter what, I refuse to let life pass me by and I always put family and friends first.
Nathan

Great video, thanks so much for posting. This is the exact thing I will be discussing in an upcoming talk for older generations interested in using social media for the first time. The same ideas he mentions about gaming apply to Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Incidentally, SciAm Mind has an article that pretty much agrees with it all: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?i...