Admittedly,
I’ve never been one for playing games.
Even board games or card games. I
blame my childhood. In my chemically
dependent home, the only time we played games was during enforced family time.
Victory and defeat had long-lasting consequences. We took it seriously: Our
problem is we don’t do things as a family! We’re playing this together! Isn’t this fun? Why are you crying?
In my
twenties I had a brief flirtation with Trivial Pursuit. I won every time. Then
I lost. Where did the fun go?
For my current
Intro to Social Media class, I played Trivia Crack through Facebook. I played
it on my lunch hour on my work PC. Perhaps it was because of my earlier
relationship with Trivial Pursuit but I found the questions extremely
simplistic. I missed one out of the
first fifty and then an ad came up. Is
that the punishment for getting a wrong answer? I don’t think I’ll play this game
again.
I have used
Duo Lingo and was surprised to learn that it was developed using gaming
theories. It makes sense. I like Duo Lingo and enjoy using it on my
smartphone when I’m stuck in a waiting room somewhere. It feels like I’m making good use of my time
instead of wasting it. It’s game-like
but actually teaches you something. Unlike Trivia Crack which seems to me designed
to make you think you’re smart.
I get the
invitations: Candy Crush, Farmville, Angry Birds. With my carpal tunnel issues from decades of
working on computers, I’ll put the controller/smart phone down and read a book.
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