Looking
after a baby may seem like a grind sometimes, and one academic has taken the simile a step further. In his article
"Role Playing at Fatherhood", Andrew Phelps looks at the overlap between real life and parenting.Never say that gaming doesn't teach you vital life skills--juggling the tasks of planning, inventory management and coping with unexpected surprises all echo back to RPG (and MMORPG) playing, and echo in this father's ability to anticipate his child's desires. As Andrew puts it: "We place intrinsic value on the first, call it ‘good parenting’, while the latter is merely ‘wasting time.’ But what if the way we waste our time was helping us do the important stuff better?"
[via Terra Nova]
