Comments on: Lewis Pulsipher’s Lament http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/ A minimalist blog, with a pretentious title, about strategy board games. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:47:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Iain Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:36:37 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/#comment-325 Thank goodness. The amount of the "Aeneid":google I had to learn by heart just to pass my Latin O'level still makes me angry. Thank goodness. The amount of the Aeneid I had to learn by heart just to pass my Latin O’level still makes me angry.

]]> By: Chris Farrell http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Chris Farrell Fri, 21 Jan 2005 02:03:42 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/#comment-323 I should say that I also agree that people are educated and think differently now. I was talking with my wife, whose mother was a high school teacher, and she mentioned that there is much greater emphasis these days on learning how to learn than there is on rote memorization and specific skills, since you can't learn the skill set for any reasonable job in high school any more. I think there is a reasonable discussion to be had about this, and how games have changed or need to change or what different people will like or how games can be better marketed. But Mr Pulsipher is barking up the wrong tree. I should say that I also agree that people are educated and think differently now. I was talking with my wife, whose mother was a high school teacher, and she mentioned that there is much greater emphasis these days on learning how to learn than there is on rote memorization and specific skills, since you can’t learn the skill set for any reasonable job in high school any more. I think there is a reasonable discussion to be had about this, and how games have changed or need to change or what different people will like or how games can be better marketed. But Mr Pulsipher is barking up the wrong tree.

]]> By: Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Iain Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:54:40 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/#comment-322 There was no point in me laying out my arguments, after you wrote the words better than I could. There was no point in me laying out my arguments, after you wrote the words better than I could.

]]> By: Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Iain Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:46:11 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/#comment-321 There does seem to be a critical mass of games bloggers now. People seem to be a lot more careful about what they say on their own blog. It is not the chaotic melee of rec.games.board or even Spielfrieks. I am not sure people are _smarter and better-educated_. I just think types of knowledge and ways of learning have changed. I agree with Mr Pulsipher in that regard. I am just much more optimistic about it. There does seem to be a critical mass of games bloggers now. People seem to be a lot more careful about what they say on their own blog. It is not the chaotic melee of rec.games.board or even Spielfrieks.

I am not sure people are smarter and better-educated. I just think types of knowledge and ways of learning have changed. I agree with Mr Pulsipher in that regard. I am just much more optimistic about it.

]]> By: Chris Farrell http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Chris Farrell Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:05:42 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2005/01/lewis-pulsiphers-lament/#comment-320 And by the way, I would have liked to have seen your rebuttal also :) And by the way, I would have liked to have seen your rebuttal also :)

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