Comments on: The Tao of Frogger http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/09/28/the-tao-of-frogger/ experiments in refactored perception Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alf http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/09/28/the-tao-of-frogger/#comment-3025 Alf Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:50:41 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1272#comment-3025 My only complaint is that your last cartoon doesn't show success. Mr. Frog is tantalizingly on the verge, but you don't win until you're on dry land again (at which point it kicks you up to the next level). I think this metahpor could actually be expanded significantly and still be of value. Keep up the (good) drawing! My only complaint is that your last cartoon doesn’t show success. Mr. Frog is tantalizingly on the verge, but you don’t win until you’re on dry land again (at which point it kicks you up to the next level). I think this metahpor could actually be expanded significantly and still be of value. Keep up the (good) drawing!

]]> By: glenn077 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/09/28/the-tao-of-frogger/#comment-3021 glenn077 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:28:27 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1272#comment-3021 Disagree with RG. Indeed application of the concept of smartness (whatever this might be) in _this_ game turns out to be jumping from ship to ship. More cognitive energy (but not too much or else we are on case II) leads to less real energy and less time consumption. So the lesson is that being smart includes coordination, intuition, a bit of agression, careful observation, patience and a sense of context. Disagree with RG.
Indeed application of the concept of smartness (whatever this might be) in _this_ game turns out to be jumping from ship to ship. More cognitive energy (but not too much or else we are on case II) leads to less real energy and less time consumption.

So the lesson is that being smart includes coordination, intuition, a bit of agression, careful observation, patience and a sense of context.

]]> By: RG http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/09/28/the-tao-of-frogger/#comment-3015 RG Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:07:30 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1272#comment-3015 Cute but not acute By ribbonfarm standards, a Quickie, not tricky. Having said that, another usual thought exploder. After a flurry of "research" on the ill-effects of video/computer games, nowadays we see more of research proving the learning value of games (typically strategy or reflex). Not all of it funded by game manufacturers one hopes. Would be interesting to ponder on the types of thinking induced by certain games versus others. For instance, Pacman seems to favor a frenzy of always-moving-ahead action versus a Digger that required (relatively speaking) strategic thinking. Could be extended to popular comic themes, too. While I equally enjoy(ed) Tintin and Asterix comics, the latter was dissatisfying in its magic potion-enabled biff-bam approach to solving all problems compared to a richer repertoire of tricks employed by the protagonists of the former. Cute but not acute
By ribbonfarm standards, a
Quickie, not tricky.

Having said that, another usual thought exploder.

After a flurry of “research” on the ill-effects of video/computer games, nowadays we see more of research proving the learning value of games (typically strategy or reflex). Not all of it funded by game manufacturers one hopes.

Would be interesting to ponder on the types of thinking induced by certain games versus others. For instance, Pacman seems to favor a frenzy of always-moving-ahead action versus a Digger that required (relatively speaking) strategic thinking.

Could be extended to popular comic themes, too.

While I equally enjoy(ed) Tintin and Asterix comics, the latter was dissatisfying in its magic potion-enabled biff-bam approach to solving all problems compared to a richer repertoire of tricks employed by the protagonists of the former.

]]> By: tubelite http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/09/28/the-tao-of-frogger/#comment-3014 tubelite Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:19:33 +0000 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/?p=1272#comment-3014 Aargh the green qualia, it burnss usss, it burnss uss my preciousss :) Aargh the green qualia, it burnss usss, it burnss uss my preciousss :)

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