Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Solitaire is what most people think of when they think of sitting in front of the computer, just clicking on something. It was a natural transition from cards to PC when you think about it – and yes, I used to sit and think, shuffling the cards again and again and playing the game through. Watching all those cards bounce around on the screen is curiously satisfying. And don’t even get me started about Tetris! I still have that one on my phone and it is my go-to for needing to pass time while waiting.
Facebook got me into farming and I made elaborate designs as I compulsively grew my property. There was an element of competition because there was ranking, but it was cool to see what your friends did with their properties. Oh and there were restaurants too, but I didn’t get into those quite as much. Pogo took me back to Solitaire and I still found it mindlessly relaxing and that it still helped me to think. And there were one-armed bandits too that helped accumulate gold, points, and levels that you could spend on stuff to update your look.
Diablo III was the first hack ‘n slash game I played – with mouse rather than WASD navigation, killing the demons became easy, mindless, soothing activity and you got to level up. Oh there is some history, a story, scenery, and even the ability to form a hunting parties – but basically the idea is to stay alive and kill demons. Now there is Adventure Capitalist and Clicker Heroes. One you just accumulate fantastical amounts of money and the other you just clear away monsters. Your reward is to get to do more of the same Seriously, this stuff is not only mildly addictive, it is totally mind junk food.
But all of these games and apps have something in common – you do something and get a reward. I just don’t get this app: I am Rich LE. I just don’t get it.
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