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Justin Dean

Once the boy known as Justin Dean stumbled on the word Ludologist and has been in love from that point on. He uses his ability to take game mentality into the real life, and turns it into self-help. Other superpowers include Minor Acute Air Pressure Senses, Cooking, and all things Gentlemanly. Follow him on Twitter @Justin_Dean or ask him a question @justin.pixelatedgeek.com

Little Big Planet IRL

I am always delighted by very creative people and the amazing machinations that they are capable of creating. This short video is a one Sackboy’s adventure in Real Life. Everything about this video makes me want to go out to the crafts store and buy up everything in the place to make one grand Little

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Mold Breaker

Currently, twelve Pokemon have the ability Mold Breaker, defined as: moves that can be used regardless of ability.  For us Poke-freaks, that means that we can, on my count, ignore  42 opposing abilities in combat that would normally hamper us. Sweet! Are you facing a Rhyperior with Lighting Rod that’s forcing you to hit him

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Level Up: Being Resolute

So, how are the New Year’s resolutions going? I figure that most are already broken or on the way to being broken. This isn’t me being a jerk, just me being honest with you about the probability of the life expectancy of your hopes. Okay, that one was kind of jerky. Most people that are

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Geek Counseling: Finals

  Have a question you’d like to ask? Ask away by sending an email to justin@pixelatedgeek.com. All submissions will remain anonymous. So, my buddy Mark looked at me. His eyes filled with earnest pain, his soul rife with apathy. “How am I actually going to do all of this schoolwork when there are these games

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Apples and Oranges

I was giving a friend advice about girls the other day. His problem was that the girl wasn’t being exactly what he wanted her to be. Now, the glaring suggestion of “Well, maybe he should change” was there and popping around in his head. When asked more intimate details about the situation the problem was

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Skill Training (How to get +4 to Skill Checks) Part 2

Last week, we talked about not judging ourselves for what we can and cannot do. This week, you get the fun stuff, noting what you can do and building off of that with your skills. Like in every RPG, the basis of your skills starts off in your ability scores. I would like you to

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How to get +4 to skill checks.

I believe that if one can look at him or herself without judgment and with sufficient knowledge about oneself and situation in life, that he or she can make wise, educated, and helpful choices for him or herself. If you play video games or roleplaying games regularly then you have already practiced these concepts regularly.

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If not now, When?

Too many times we are held back by our ideas. I can’ts, I won’ts, and I couldn’ts block us from doing things that we really want to in this world. Games give us a great learning tool of problem solving, they help us beef up our logic muscles and intuitive chops. The logic behind it

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Virtual Reality, Shmertual Shmeality

I was talking with another mind this week about virtual reality. We got into an exchange. I wouldn’t say heated, but friendly composition of intellectual measure. Which is philosopher talk for we talked for a while. We don’t make a lot of money, we have to get our victories in bloated speech. He was under

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