Moon River: Games

Mapping Your Future

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:36:16 GMT

I have found this at the divorce support at About site. but i find it an interesting game for every one

At This Moment, You Are HERE

Most major shopping malls have locator maps at various spots, a red "X" with an arrow pointing to it and the words "You Are Here" so that you can see how close or how far you are to the place you really want to be. Similar maps can be found at highway rest stops to show travelers where they've been and the distance and roads to their destinations.

The difference between those maps and the map of your life is that the "future" is fixed on those maps; the towns ahead will not move or disappear, the stores in the mall will be there when you get there. Life is certainly not that predictable but what we both know is that right now, this minute, YOU ARE HERE.
photo: Created by Anton Leroy.

get some paper - it can be one of those long rolls of banner paper for a printer or a ring binder or journal - and a box of crayons or felt tip markers in different colors.

Make a big red "X" for right now on your paper or in your journal, leaving room to the left of the "X" for your history.

Now, starting at the left or "history" side of your "X" put in significant dates and events as far back as you can remember and as few or as many as you wish. Put the good events on "peaks" and the bad events in "valleys" and you'll no doubt have quite a few events that just happened and you don't consider them peaks or valleys.

For those of you who want to get extremely creative, paste photographs for different events or use other graphics for illustration (such as a baby's crib for the birth of your child, etc.). You don't have to hit every significant spot because you can always come back and add more later.

Putting "What If's" Into Your Life's Journey

Putting peaks and valleys in your future will be more difficult. Your life right now may be in a valley. Here's where you will project some "what if's" for the next few years. For example, what will happen in your life journey if something you're dealing with right now goes through the way you want it to, and what will happen if it doesn't?

You have two possible paths you'll travel as a result of that one event. Maybe you have some goals such as going back to college, or starting a new career, or finding a new love, or leaving an abusive husband, or confronting your wife about a suspected affair, so start there.

"What if" you graduate from college?
"What if" you start your own business or change careers or get a new job?
"What if" you find a new love?
"What if" you leave your husband?
"What if" you confront your wife?
"What if" you do nothing?

Using this method, think about your future in steps. What you project for your future is only your best guess based upon your life up to now and your the goals and dreams you wish for yourself. You already know that your best plans will change despite your work to keep them together.

Reviewing and Revising Life's Peaks and Valleys

Once you have completed your "I am here" map, put it somewhere that you can look at it occasionally and amend it as your future becomes present and then history. You might be surprised at what you see.

Much like making a list of the good and bad of your life and your relationships, mapping out your peaks and valleys up to now and then into the future will give you new insight into what you have, what you want, where you've been and where you're going.

Your life's map will also help to remind you that what you have and where you've been will always be influenced by what you want and where you're going.

Peacemaker

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:52:35 GMT

One is allowed to dream, and to hope and to play, I've heard about the Peacemaker few month ago, maybe now it is time to make this game free for all ...

"PeaceMaker" is a unique video game that teaches students how to achieve peace through negotiation and cooperation, unlike many video games that rely on violence," says the game's producer. Developed by Carnegie Mellon University students, the game examines the volatile Middle East situation. Players assume the role of either the Palestinian president or Israeli prime minister as they deal with suicide bombings and military actions, and take on the challenging task of maintaining peace in one of the world's most volatile places.

When first Peacemaker was shown to Israelis and Palestinians,they were most interested in playing as their own “side.” But when pushed to switch positions they developed a more nuanced sense of why the other side acted as it did. In Qatar several people said that “they kind of understood more the pressures the Israeli prime minister has.”

CLIVE THOMPSON wrote about 'peacemaker', "Not everyone agrees with Peacemaker’s basic assumption: that both Palestinians and Israelis want peace. I discovered I could get to a ceasefire by removing settlements while assassinating Hamas militants, a strategy I doubt Israeli hawks would approve of. ..Israeli players complained about the bulldozing of Arab villages; Palestinians felt the game ought to more clearly reward the use of “subtle” measures. "

The game eventually will be available online for free for all to play.

A a screenshot of the PeaceMaker videogame simulation

watch the peacemaker trailer

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What I look in Thee, I have found in Me

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:39:23 GMT

Game of heaven and hell

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:36:32 GMT

Was talking with someone special today about games, firstly the conetxt was about how we adults tend to play certain "games" and i will not get in to details...and how very soon he got me reminded how game is a serious matter...:) even got us a Nobel prize (the Game Theory)

which takes me to this (with nothing but assosiation) one here is an old old game board...

This old Indian game known as 'snakes and ladders (Jnana Baji) was originally a vehicle for teaching ethics. Each square has not only a number but also a legend, which comprises the names of various virtues and vices. The longest ladder is from square 17, 'compassionate love', to 69 'the world of the absolute'. If the player's ivory counter should land on square 61 'weak-minded', this would lead to the greatest fall to square 3, 'fury'.

Sanskrit, c.18th century. Wellcome Indic Sanskrit MS 276. (Image no.L35004)