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Did this already air? I'm not getting any response when I click on the play icon. Of course, I run noScript and I don't trust a lot of scripts.
Ray Parks
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That could be it. when I clicked on it worked. Systemwise I had no issues with Firefox on my Ubuntu install, and only have addblock and youtubedownloader installed On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Parks, Raymond <[hidden email]> wrote:
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I downloaded it and started watching without a problem. The only scripts I had blocked were from googletagmanager and addthis. I try to minimize the tracking of my web activity by google and other trackers. Ghostery stopped trackers from addthis, chartbeat,
doubleclick, eloqua, Facebook Social Plugins, Google Tag Manager, and WebTrends. RequestPolicy was disabled when I upgraded to 38.0.1 (I updated to RequestPolicyContinued - the original developer of RequestPolicy passed it on to a community because he has
too much daytime work).
There are problems with being secure and keeping big data at bay. However, I can usually find a workaround.d
Ray Parks
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BTW, in other gaming news, the more popular the game, the more likely the criminals are to take advantage of naive gamers -<http://thehackernews.com/2015/05/minecraft-app.html>.
Ray Parks
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Re: [EXTERNAL] Food for thought - Gaming Complexity
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In reply to this post by Parks, Raymond
So, Gillian, I just finished listening to the Marketplace podcast. My immediate reaction was that they are way behind the news in gaming. WoW is basically a zombie at this point - and they only just now noticed? ObComplexity: WoW has its own subeconomy of
grinders that sell everything from ready-made advanced characters to in-game armor and weapons - all for out-of-game, real money (or bitcoins). WoW is not first with this phenomena - I first saw that type of thing in Blizzard's earlier on-line game - Diablo
II.
The more interesting aspect of current gaming, to me, is the Twitch and YouTube scene. I'm fascinated by the ecology that has sprung up over the past few years with hundreds of thousands of people following the most famous gaming video producers. Essentially,
there are folks who started out sharing their gaming experiences that have become video producers (some with very professional equipment). These folks participate in conventions, make videos together, cross-over to other games, work for organizations that
suggest games and protect the actors/producers from unfriendly gaming companies (Nintendo), and have formed a new, alternative sub-economy.
Some of the list members may have heard of the celebrity You-Tubers (I love the puns in that name) like PewDiePie - the most subscribed channel on YouTube. The celebrities and the bizzare (dummesaulol) color most people's view of YouTube, but the gaming
community is astounding in its variety and breadth.
Twitch seems to be gaining popularity with the way that it brings back the social aspect of tabletop games like D&D in an electronic forum. I don't watch other people game when I could be gaming, myself, but there seem to be lots of folks who do watch.
Most of them spend a lot their time talking to each other or the channel owner in the sidebar chatroom. Twitch also shows professional gaming events - an interesting study in economic complexity.
For those who are fans of agent-based simulation, you might find this YouTube series to be very interesting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEDBfvlaBWQ
That's the first video of one of twelve players in a death-match set in the cartoon universe of Minecraft. What I find fascinating (and surprisingly complex) is watching the corresponding videos of the other players to see how close they sometimes are
without even knowing it. The other interesting aspect is the mistaken conclusions that each player makes about the situation based on their perceptions. Both of these aspects are characteristic of real-world small unit combat.
Ray Parks
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