A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely

Re:A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remo... by NorwegianDude on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:10PM (#38165329)

A video game is like a very simplified world. Life is a really complicated and usually slow paced game.

One thing I find really interesting is how much better some are at games compared to real life. I guess that's because games are fast paced, so you are rewarded much sooner. Just planning and sticking to that plan can get people very far in reality too, but it's so much harder because it takes so long.

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Re:A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remo... by FFP999 on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:21PM (#38165502)

I think one key thing is, games are designed to be winnable. Despite what we tell children, in the real world, often clever ideas and hard work come to nothing.

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Re:A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remo... by NorwegianDude on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:48PM (#38165926)

Games can be designed to be winnable, but many games are not.

Working hard is not the same as working smart. That's kinda what I was hinting at. Many people are able to make much better decisions in games compared to real life.

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Re:A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remo... by wenebego on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @06:39AM (#38175684)

What games are not designed to be eventually winnable?

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Re:A Video Game That Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remo... by porterbeats on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:08AM (#38177609)

Tetris and many Sim games come to mind.

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