Video Games and Gaming Technology (In A Positive Light)
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Polygon is dead. It looks like the closure of USAID was the final nail in the coffin.
Someone made this joke in reference to the modern AAA gaming industry
A Dutch and a Japanese company organized a rowing race against each other. This was on the Maas River with eight-man rowing boats. Both teams trained extensively. They both arrived at the start in top condition, but the Japanese won by a kilometer. The Dutch were severely beaten, and to uncover the cause of the defeat, top management appointed a project team to conduct research and make recommendations.
After lengthy and intensive research, it turned out that the Japanese had seven men rowing and one helmsman. In the Dutch boat, seven men were steering and one was rowing. Management hired a consulting firm to investigate the structure of the Dutch team. After another lengthy study, the consultants concluded that too many people were steering and too few were rowing. To prevent another defeat, they drastically changed the team structure: there were now four helmsmen, two chief helmsmen, one helmsman manager, and one rower.
A performance appraisal system was introduced for the rower to further motivate him. The following year, the Japanese won by a two-kilometer lead. Management fired the rower for poor performance, sold the oars, and invested in a new boat. The consulting firm was praised.
A Dutch and a Japanese company organized a rowing race against each other. This was on the Maas River with eight-man rowing boats. Both teams trained extensively. They both arrived at the start in top condition, but the Japanese won by a kilometer. The Dutch were severely beaten, and to uncover the cause of the defeat, top management appointed a project team to conduct research and make recommendations.
After lengthy and intensive research, it turned out that the Japanese had seven men rowing and one helmsman. In the Dutch boat, seven men were steering and one was rowing. Management hired a consulting firm to investigate the structure of the Dutch team. After another lengthy study, the consultants concluded that too many people were steering and too few were rowing. To prevent another defeat, they drastically changed the team structure: there were now four helmsmen, two chief helmsmen, one helmsman manager, and one rower.
A performance appraisal system was introduced for the rower to further motivate him. The following year, the Japanese won by a two-kilometer lead. Management fired the rower for poor performance, sold the oars, and invested in a new boat. The consulting firm was praised.
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I played Return of the Obra Dinn recently, I recommend it. It's a detective/puzzle style game where you investigate an early 19th century trading ship whose 60-member crew all vanished or died. When you examine a corpse, you are transported into a 3D snapshot of the exact moment that person died, and you have to piece together what happened, and the identities and fates of each crew member.
I don't normally play a lot of puzzle games but I really enjoyed how this game made you use your brain and think laterally to make deductions. I also thought the setting of the trade ship was quite cool and fairly realistic as well.
I don't normally play a lot of puzzle games but I really enjoyed how this game made you use your brain and think laterally to make deductions. I also thought the setting of the trade ship was quite cool and fairly realistic as well.
