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Justin Dean

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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Justin Dean

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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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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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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