Miscellaneous

Over the years Graham Rowat has graced us with readings of select articles on the GWJ Conference Call. We're very please to catalog them for you here so you can listen outside the stuffy confines of the GWJ Conference Call. Enjoy!

I've written a lot about how, as consumers, it's important to manage our expectations in order to avoid disappointment: You buy a game expecting it to have flaws, and you will yourself to have a good time with it. You'd be surprised how often that works. What about the other side of the coin, though? Expectations aren't formed in a vacuum.

It's funny where people draw lines. A person watching a film about giant alien spiders might get hung up on inaccurate portrayals of the ballistic properties of various firearms.

(Knock knock knock) Do you have a moment to contemplate the healing power of fun? I thought of this while watching my kids recover from a nasty virus. They were spiking fevers, throwing up what little they'd eaten, and generally not moving around a whole lot.