Archive for the ‘philosophies’ Category
“Losing is Fun!”
In an introducing article of the Dwarf Fortress Wiki a contradictory slogan offends the reader who wants to learn how to enjoy the amazingly complex gameplay of Dwarf Fortress: “Losing is Fun!” Todays avarage gamer will probably dismiss this saying as an absurdity. How could losing be fun at all? The only satisfaction in playing [...]
In: games, philosophies · Tagged with: challenge, game over, games, losing
How to Deal With Creative People…
A very true list of rules about how to deal with crative people (artists) by Geoff Surrat. The original Text can be found here (Care and Feeding of Creatives). I hope he won’t get upset about me copy & pasting the whole thing here, since I want to provide a german translation.
In: philosophies · Tagged with: art, creativity
The Curse of the Restless Mind
As I promised, here comes the explanation of what is meant by the ominous term “Curse of the Restless Mind”. Don’t worry, it’s not as evil as it sounds. It’s about a phenomenon that occurs when a creativity prone person doesn’t find the time to live out his creative energy. Certainly, everybody has observed this [...]
In: philosophies · Tagged with: creativity, ideas
