There was another electricity power cut in our area early this morning – my UPS woke me up with its pitiable beeping. The power was away perhaps for an hour, don’t know for sure (fell asleep again). These things are real pain, particularly as my ADSL box (Zyxel) is not linked to UPS (a compatibility problem with the AC adaptor power connectors), and after waking up, Zyxel decided to assign my server a new internal IP address. Nice, I only had to reassign all my NAT conversions and firewall settings, after I had figured out something was wrong in the first place.
There must be a more stable world coming up for our multi-server, connected homes – someday?
Saw the Spielberg-Cruise War of the Worlds yesterday, btw. I rather enjoyed it: it succeeds in bringing a sci-fi war into the realistically chaotic street-level, rather than giving the classic “president, scientists, army and other heroes” serving. But but. I suppose there are only so many Tom Cruise films the universe can hold. We are probably getting near the End of Days.
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Unfortunately I have to say I left the movie theater somewhat unsatisfied after the film. Perhaps it was according to the book’s plot (can’t remember, it was such a long time ago) but didn’t work as a film. Spielberg slowly built a world and the characters, fluently prepared the audience for the real story. And when it was about to begin – the end. I got a prologue feeling of the whole movie.
Comments on Frans’ presentation in traditional summer seminar on August 18th, 2005 by the Finnish Society for Futures Studies at the Helsinki University Centre at Suitia in Siuntio. I liked the way you analysed and formed the present field of digital games. My personal feeling is that most young people play games and use time for this. Do we know if they use study time or working time to this???
However, as you said many people have different phases in life and the limits are imposed on them – like work and family duties. Then digital games are no longer a prioroty.
An interesting point being the futures approach to digital games. What is it?
Further, what is the cultural view on digital world with or without games? Will Asia or West dominate?
I am curious?!”?!
Best, LML