<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427789083748011142.post7799737494644888899..comments</id><updated>2009-10-10T13:38:43.154-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Beloved Spear: Gaming, Creativity, and Society</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.belovedspear.org/feeds/7799737494644888899/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/7799737494644888899/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.belovedspear.org/2009/07/gaming-creativity-and-society.html'/><author><name>Beloved Spear</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14568697883886058321</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427789083748011142.post-7072169385368140457</id><published>2009-10-10T13:38:43.328-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-10T13:38:43.328-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The dangers of gaming are usually vastly over-repr...</title><content type='html'>The dangers of gaming are usually vastly over-represented by the media, who find in them a useful scare tactic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, most &amp;quot;hardcore&amp;quot; gamers that I personally know don&amp;#39;t fit this mold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also think that the actual &amp;quot;point&amp;quot;- note the quotation marks- of this person&amp;#39;s work is simple- that life should be more, well, fun. Gaming is fun. We can exist without having a doldrum, rules-based, oppressive existence forced on us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life should be more like that. I think she is encouraging people to live.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/7799737494644888899/comments/default/7072169385368140457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/7799737494644888899/comments/default/7072169385368140457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.belovedspear.org/2009/07/gaming-creativity-and-society.html?showComment=1255199923328#c7072169385368140457' title=''/><author><name>Jacob Cales</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03747668530421684870</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.belovedspear.org/2009/07/gaming-creativity-and-society.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427789083748011142.post-7799737494644888899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/posts/default/7799737494644888899' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427789083748011142.post-130264217348895428</id><published>2009-07-10T23:17:28.456-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T23:17:28.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"it ain't all virtual butterflies and flowers."

U...</title><content type='html'>&amp;quot;it ain&amp;#39;t all virtual butterflies and flowers.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unless you&amp;#39;re playing Serious Sam and turn on that feature...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/7799737494644888899/comments/default/130264217348895428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/7799737494644888899/comments/default/130264217348895428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.belovedspear.org/2009/07/gaming-creativity-and-society.html?showComment=1247285848456#c130264217348895428' title=''/><author><name>apuritanmindset</name><uri>http://apuritanmindset.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.belovedspear.org/2009/07/gaming-creativity-and-society.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427789083748011142.post-7799737494644888899' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/427789083748011142/posts/default/7799737494644888899' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>