IM PLAYIN discusses a study asking whether or not playing video games makes us unhappy, mainly because of guilt.
"I recently read an article in the Journal of Communicati0ns, as you do, which suggested that, among other thing, video games have the potential to make us unhappy. This statement made up a small part of the study, but it still jumped off of the page at me. I spend a lot of time reading various journals for my MA, but few got me thinking in the way that this study did. It wasn’t suggesting that playing video games can make us unhappy because we wish we could live our lives like our favourite gaming heroes, or because the contents of the game have some sort of psychological effect on us. Rather, it stated that it can make us feel unhappy because of the guilt that sometimes comes with having leisure time. It also stressed that, the harder day we’ve had, the more guilty we’ll feel for playing some games. The whole time that I was reading it, I couldn’t help but feel that I didn’t agree. I know, it’s a scientific study, you’re not really supposed to agree or disagree with ‘facts’, still, I feel that there’s no need to feel guilty about playing video games. There are plenty of reasons why."
EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.
video games make me happy