whatever free time i have, i am probably spending it on fm07.
which made me wonder. if the gaming companies come up with a super addictive game, what good would it do? after all, people at most only spend once(hint) to enjoy themselves for a prolonged period. and if that game is that fantastic, what if the gamer doesnt buy anything else to play? even if he does, it would still appear that each game can only earn the firm this amount. so, the best form of making money would still be those mmorpg, such as the ubiquitous world of warcraft. u have to pay to keep playing.
is it really like this? someone tell me.
when i am not playing, i am probably reading. reading 3 books at one go(until this morning) is something i haven't done in a while. i finished 1 of them, namely milan kundera's identity, which i guess you can say is ultimately about identity ja. i have heard alot about kundera, but never got around to getting to know him, so i would say it's a good introduction. after all, it was a very short book. i came away with questions...about identity of course. what else? anyway, the thing which struck me most was the concept of the collaborator. someone who serves some form of authority, which isn't really very popular or ethical, without sharing its identity. clearly separating himself from it, such that when judgement is delivered, he can defend himself by claiming there were two sides to him. a mask.
can we really do that?
speaking of masks, i am also reading about venice, which has this carneval, where people just don costumes and masks and basically just have a good time. it is a tradition which dates back to a long time ago, then got lost, but finally revived again. for the better, i think. but anyway, the masks apparently make a good souvenir or something. and they can be very exquisite. travel guides are a good way to pick up info about places. and venice, together with rome, are two intriguing cities, because the former was built on 100 or so islands, while the latter was apparently built on 7 hills.
another italian city which is taking up my attention is florence, the home of niccolo machiavelli. the last book i am reading is niccolo's smile, his biography. i picked it up at random, but at once appreciate the luck, because i think it provides me with a valuable insight not just into machiavelli, but also into medieval politics in europe.
there is one last book waiting in the ranks: frederick the great's biography. the king on whom i did one of my courseworks. in the course of completing it, i never read a single book on him, because i couldn't really find one. there was one, which was sadly, too thick. there was no time back then. i went straight for the net, those shorter stuff.
that is why i have a few regrets about a few things. if given a chance, i would have approached several things differently.
i managed to catch lille against man u, and real against munich. after real went 3-1 up, i stopped flipping and concentrated on the game in france. i knew that somehow lille won't repeat their feat last year. but it was disappointing that they lost, because for a stretch of the second half, i really thought i could be wrong and they would pull it off. i felt that they deserved at least something. lille is the classic david kind of team. the kind of team you would somehow end up rooting for. the everyman team. except of course, when your own team faces them. then there would be no feeling, i suppose. giggs' free kick, i don't wish to comment. it happened, that's all.
and more on your own team. ja, i can't believe we lost. i can't believe we drew blackburn as well. but i am beginning to question our own desire again. our mentality to kill.
which made me wonder. if the gaming companies come up with a super addictive game, what good would it do? after all, people at most only spend once(hint) to enjoy themselves for a prolonged period. and if that game is that fantastic, what if the gamer doesnt buy anything else to play? even if he does, it would still appear that each game can only earn the firm this amount. so, the best form of making money would still be those mmorpg, such as the ubiquitous world of warcraft. u have to pay to keep playing.
is it really like this? someone tell me.
when i am not playing, i am probably reading. reading 3 books at one go(until this morning) is something i haven't done in a while. i finished 1 of them, namely milan kundera's identity, which i guess you can say is ultimately about identity ja. i have heard alot about kundera, but never got around to getting to know him, so i would say it's a good introduction. after all, it was a very short book. i came away with questions...about identity of course. what else? anyway, the thing which struck me most was the concept of the collaborator. someone who serves some form of authority, which isn't really very popular or ethical, without sharing its identity. clearly separating himself from it, such that when judgement is delivered, he can defend himself by claiming there were two sides to him. a mask.
can we really do that?
speaking of masks, i am also reading about venice, which has this carneval, where people just don costumes and masks and basically just have a good time. it is a tradition which dates back to a long time ago, then got lost, but finally revived again. for the better, i think. but anyway, the masks apparently make a good souvenir or something. and they can be very exquisite. travel guides are a good way to pick up info about places. and venice, together with rome, are two intriguing cities, because the former was built on 100 or so islands, while the latter was apparently built on 7 hills.
another italian city which is taking up my attention is florence, the home of niccolo machiavelli. the last book i am reading is niccolo's smile, his biography. i picked it up at random, but at once appreciate the luck, because i think it provides me with a valuable insight not just into machiavelli, but also into medieval politics in europe.
there is one last book waiting in the ranks: frederick the great's biography. the king on whom i did one of my courseworks. in the course of completing it, i never read a single book on him, because i couldn't really find one. there was one, which was sadly, too thick. there was no time back then. i went straight for the net, those shorter stuff.
that is why i have a few regrets about a few things. if given a chance, i would have approached several things differently.
i managed to catch lille against man u, and real against munich. after real went 3-1 up, i stopped flipping and concentrated on the game in france. i knew that somehow lille won't repeat their feat last year. but it was disappointing that they lost, because for a stretch of the second half, i really thought i could be wrong and they would pull it off. i felt that they deserved at least something. lille is the classic david kind of team. the kind of team you would somehow end up rooting for. the everyman team. except of course, when your own team faces them. then there would be no feeling, i suppose. giggs' free kick, i don't wish to comment. it happened, that's all.
and more on your own team. ja, i can't believe we lost. i can't believe we drew blackburn as well. but i am beginning to question our own desire again. our mentality to kill.
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