Comments on: 400 Years: a game where you strategically wait in order to overcome obstacles http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 14:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1657263 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1657263 Hospital culture definitely varies by organization. When I worked at UCSF, we all complained a lot, but after working at Kaiser SF for a couple of years, UC seemed like Plato's Republic. Hospital culture definitely varies by organization. When I worked at UCSF, we all complained a lot, but after working at Kaiser SF for a couple of years, UC seemed like Plato’s Republic.

]]> By: The Chemist http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1657257 The Chemist Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1657257 You've mentioned working at a hospital before, and I'm working at one now, and I sense we both had/are having similar experiences. I don't even do anything important there and I feel the crushing weight of bureaucracy and mismanagement that seems to be common in hospitals. It's completely changed the way I view the industry. You’ve mentioned working at a hospital before, and I’m working at one now, and I sense we both had/are having similar experiences. I don’t even do anything important there and I feel the crushing weight of bureaucracy and mismanagement that seems to be common in hospitals.

It’s completely changed the way I view the industry.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1656955 ocker3 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1656955  Today I called central office to start getting a problem resolved and the person on the phone was surprised by the amount of information I had ready at hand to give them without being asked for it. I've just learned from experience what is needed and have it to hand rather than wait to be asked, it saves everyone's time and the people I speak to more than a few times are usually happy to hear from me.  Today I called central office to start getting a problem resolved and the person on the phone was surprised by the amount of information I had ready at hand to give them without being asked for it. I’ve just learned from experience what is needed and have it to hand rather than wait to be asked, it saves everyone’s time and the people I speak to more than a few times are usually happy to hear from me.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1656760 Nathan Hornby Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1656760 Plus life lessons! Good stuff. Plus life lessons! Good stuff.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1656482 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1656482 When I worked in the hospital, a lot of my co-workers were in a constant state of conniption trying to make things happen Right This Second.  After about a year, I discovered that 90% of those things happened on their own if I just waited ten minutes.  Not only did I have much more time to devote to doing a better job; when I did have to contact another department to get something done Right This Second, they responded immediately because they knew that I wasn't prone to conniptions. When I worked in the hospital, a lot of my co-workers were in a constant state of conniption trying to make things happen Right This Second.  After about a year, I discovered that 90% of those things happened on their own if I just waited ten minutes.  Not only did I have much more time to devote to doing a better job; when I did have to contact another department to get something done Right This Second, they responded immediately because they knew that I wasn’t prone to conniptions.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1656281 SamSam Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1656281 A lot like <a href="http://braid-game.com/" rel="nofollow">Braid</a>, which was one of the most incredibly original games I've ever played (and have never managed to finish it). Just a single dimension, instead of braiding time and space through themselves, of course, but a lot of the feeling is the same. A lot like Braid, which was one of the most incredibly original games I’ve ever played (and have never managed to finish it). Just a single dimension, instead of braiding time and space through themselves, of course, but a lot of the feeling is the same.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1656152 oasisob1 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1656152 Too late, the world has burned to ashes... Success is fun, too, sort of. Too late, the world has burned to ashes… Success is fun, too, sort of.

]]> By: Kenmrph http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1656091 Kenmrph Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1656091 Makes me think of one of my favorite short films, "Das Rad": http://vimeo.com/7867746 Makes me think of one of my favorite short films, “Das Rad”: http://vimeo.com/7867746

]]> By: Peter http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1655979 Peter Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1655979 If they haven't already done it in this game, they should do a sequel, where if you hit space in town, you wind up with graffiti all over you. If they haven’t already done it in this game, they should do a sequel, where if you hit space in town, you wind up with graffiti all over you.

]]> By: Mr. Son http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1655956 Mr. Son Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1655956 It's fun to think of some rock guy wandering into town one day, then just standing there perfectly still for years. It’s fun to think of some rock guy wandering into town one day, then just standing there perfectly still for years.

]]> By: originalritz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1655955 originalritz Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1655955 It's like Braid but altering time by the year instead of momentarily. I guess that's why your character is a rock! It’s like Braid but altering time by the year instead of momentarily. I guess that’s why your character is a rock!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/400-years-a-game-where-you-st.html#comment-1655936 Nathan Hornby Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212867#comment-1655936 The headline had me rolling my eyes, but this is actually an awesome idea - I thought it was going to be some kind of conceptual thing, but you could take this concept pretty far. The headline had me rolling my eyes, but this is actually an awesome idea – I thought it was going to be some kind of conceptual thing, but you could take this concept pretty far.

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