March 05, 2004
It is still I, David, proprietor of Upside-down Hippopotamus. The Upside-down Hippopotamus that is currently squatting over The Search for Love in Manhattan. I am not sure one can squat while one is upside-down, but the hippopotamus part provides for delectable imagery. Faustus is still off doing whatever it is he does, and although I cannot hope to fill but one of his shoes (and perhaps a mitten), I shall labor to keep his place alive and kicking.
And perhaps I will even turn it over to him when he comes back.
Yesterday, I wrote about a new computer game I have bought: Lux. Though an avalanche of work hangs over my head like the Sword of Damocles (put those metaphors in a blender and hit puree!), I have devoted a significant amount of time over the past two days to playing with people over the Internet.
The problem is that I suck at it, or at least, I am on an extended learning curve. But I am getting better, and it is actually teaching me a lot about my real life. In Lux (which is almost identical to Risk, if you are familiar with that war game), the results of one’s typical strategies are immediately evident and delivered with a pyrotechnic fanfare. Do you hold back too much? Are you too aggressive? Do you risk everything on unlikely gambits? Do you too self-centered, acting for your own benefit without thought of how it will effect others? All of these tactics will spell your doom in the martial scenarios of Lux, as well as (in an admittedly more subtle manner) in the wider game of life.
Today, I played a few rounds with someone who repeatedly informed me of what a bad player I am. The interesting thing was, I outlasted him by far in every game, occasionally wiping his remaining armies off the map myself.
My haphazard playing style may mirror my chaotic approach to living, but I usually do pretty well. And at least I am not a poor loser.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 09:27 PM
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