How Galaga Can Teach You to Overcome Fear and Embrace Your Inner Awesome
A special shout out to Jon Acuff- thanks for suggesting a lesson from Galaga. Jon Acuff is a New York Times Best Selling Author of four books – check out his blog and find out more at: http://acuff.me/ A … Continued
How the Game Joust can Help You Get Promoted
A special shout out to Catalyst John – thanks for requesting a lesson from Joust – this is for you. John is a Business coach & speaker – find out more at: http://catalystjohn.com/ Do you have a game you would like … Continued
Don’t Miss the Best Bubble Bobble Remix Ever Made
I’ve always had music tastes that were a bit outside the popular music scope – sadly there are many groups that I love whose names would draw blank stares from many strangers (and most of my friends, too). I’m O.K. … Continued
The Life Changing Time Management Technique You Can Learn From Tetris
Tetris is a timeless classic. Millions have indulged an obsession with dropping blocks to form an unbroken line. Even before Angry Birds and Candy Crush, non-gamers and gamers alike knew Tetris. Over 125,000 Million copies of the game have been … Continued
How to Slow Down Time
Flash Man from Mega Man 2. The Stopwatch Sub Weapon in many Castlevania Games. Bullet time from Max Payne and Enter the Matrix. Slow/Stop from the Final Fantasy universes. Viewtiful Joe, Ōkami, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Devil May Cry … Continued
Game Shelf: Mortal Kombat II Gameboy
For this edition of my Game Shelf I’ll be taking a look at Mortal Kombat II (MK2) for the Game Boy. Yes, the tiny black-and-white (well, greenish yellow) handheld wonder. The short version of this is: It’s surprisingly good. It’s … Continued
The Best Final Fantasy Tribute Album of All Time (Final Fantasy VI)
*I first wrote about this on my other website, http://JonDHarrison.com in September 2013. It’s worth revisiting here! I want to share with you the most amazing fan tribute project I have ever personally witnessed. This is a masterpiece of love. … Continued
Game Shelf: Mega Man 2 NES
This is the heading where I will share with you some of my favorite games. This is not a formal review, as much is it is a commentary on what games I have really enjoyed playing. Do you have a … Continued
The Blockbuster World Championship and the Importance of a Plan B
I am taking you down a trip on memory lane – let’s go all the way back to the Summer of 1994. At this time Blockbuster Video was still and actual store where you could rent movies (on VHS) and … Continued
Welcome to Classically Trained: Life & Leadership Lessons from Classic VIdeogames
Welcome to Classically Trained: Life & Leadership Lessons from Classic Videogames Welcome to Classically Trained: Life & Leadership Lessons from Classic Videogames At first, you might be thinking “How do life & leadership lessons go with videogames?” I remember while … Continued
