Games and health.

[child of Thor]

@Dr.Spike - well you know how to get around the gf issue(convert her into a serious gamer). That should add atleast 10hrs per week onto your ration

@ Carlos - kids won't get in the way, they'll no doubt be beging me to get of their PS6/Xbox5's(although with most console games it probably wont take that long ).

And you can never game too much, only too little


EDIT: I wonder if LotM has found a way to physicaly spend longer in front of his computer?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Carolus Rex


Have you left Academia and have a job in the real world?

Yeah, if I was still there I'd make 30 posts per day and still have time to get in 25 hours of gaming a week.

The real world sucks.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by child of Thor
@Dr.Spike - well you know how to get around the gf issue(convert her into a serious gamer). That should add atleast 10hrs per week onto your ration

I have had some limited successes. We played through the 2 expansions to NWN together, and are currently playing some Guild Wars together. I'm pretty sure she will lose interest before me though.

Currently it adds up to 5 hours per week to the 15 standard, so I hope it continues for a while.

[Carolus Rex]

Originally posted by DrSpike

Yeah, if I was still there I'd make 30 posts per day and still have time to get in 25 hours of gaming a week.

The real world sucks.

So, generally speaking, what kind of job do you have (if you don't mind me poking)?

Second question, do the things you've learnt in the PhD program have any use out there in real life?

Carolus

[DrSpike]

Not at all, though I'll struggle to relate it to gaming and health.

I am an economic adviser to the UK government on labour market issues, and yes, my Ph.D training has come in useful. If nothing else it makes people listen to my views before they rubbish them.

[Carolus Rex]

Originally posted by DrSpike

I am an economic adviser to the UK government on labour market issues, and yes, my Ph.D training has come in useful. If nothing else it makes people listen to my views before they rubbish them.

Heh, heh!

But do you use the more technical aspects of your education like, say, econometric estimation techniques?

Carolus

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by child of Thor

EDIT: I wonder if LotM has found a way to physicaly spend longer in front of his computer?

generally ive settled into just playing more limited blocs of time, no more than 90 minutes or so every other day. Though this past holdiday weekend i played rather more than that.

Im not sure I WANT to play more. Not that ive outgrown gaming, but I want to keep things in balance.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Carolus Rex


Heh, heh!

But do you use the more technical aspects of your education like, say, econometric estimation techniques?

Carolus

Sometimes, when there is time to do proper analysis.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Im not sure I WANT to play more. Not that ive outgrown gaming, but I want to keep things in balance.

Heathen!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DrSpike


Heathen!

Actually its the heathen that are the problem. Ive finally got 3 provinces in South America converted to Catholicism, and its just so hard to leave the game when it wont be long before I have enough funds to send a missionary to yet ANOTHER province.

[muxec]

When you play games you lose vitality points!

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


generally ive settled into just playing more limited blocs of time, no more than 90 minutes or so every other day. Though this past holdiday weekend i played rather more than that.

Im not sure I WANT to play more. Not that ive outgrown gaming, but I want to keep things in balance.

Well good for you RL can be just as fun as gaming, and when the revolution comes we will need 'real' people to destroy skynet