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Cause#

My wife asked me how much I spent on the mythical Wukong before.
I said around 200, and she said she would spend money to let me play while she watches the storyline.
I said I wouldn't play; she could see who among the two treasures wants to play.
Neither of the two treasures wants to play but still wants to watch.
I mentioned before that a friend also wanted to spend money for me to play; his purpose was just to borrow money.

Can't Play#

Dizzy with 3D, starting from Doom, Delta Force, CS, Homeworld, Meteor Butterfly Sword, Need for Speed (I don't get dizzy watching from the whole car perspective, but I do with others), Ace Combat (played on PSP, not dizzy with the small screen, probably can't distinguish spatial details).
Tekken probably has a short time; if played for a long time on PS or arcade, it can also be a bit dizzy.
World of Warcraft was free to play up to level 15 or 20 during the open beta, and it also made me dizzy.
Minecraft, after playing for half an hour, I must take a break; later, I found that just digging holes doesn't make me dizzy, so I kept exploring underground.
It seems Overwatch isn't that dizzy.
Naraka: Bladepoint can also make me dizzy.
VR glasses can also make me dizzy; I think many VR glasses users end up using projectors or larger screen monitors. There’s a reason for that.
Any perspective that involves rotation, especially if it needs to rotate frequently, will make me dizzy.
The remedy is to play more and practice, adapt, just like getting car sick; doing it every day will get used to it.

Strategy Players#

The earliest paper media players, magazines, and newspapers might have a game section or an entire book dedicated to games.
In the beginning, many games had to buy CDs and such.
Some people, not wanting to play, just wanted to see the game content, storyline, and endings, so they looked at guides.
I feel this is the earliest cloud player; there might also be cloud players who heard stories from friends.
For example, Forrest Gump and that Black comrade fought together, and every day he listened to his Black comrade's stories about catching shrimp; later, Forrest retired from being a cloud player and started to take action.

Benefits of Cloud Players#

For example, I previously wrote about strategic RTS.
The author recommended three beginner strategic RTS games.

If I would have downloaded and installed it before and then started playing, now I first check out game videos before downloading.
I look at the graphics, operational details, etc., and then decide whether to play or not.
Civilization VI, I played for a few hours and spent 19.9 yuan on Steam to purchase it. Later, I rarely opened it. I might play it again in the future.
The time spent playing games should be the most consuming among entertainment projects; Terraria has accumulated over 500 hours, and I estimate I have a few thousand hours in StarCraft and Warcraft, but I haven't reached the professional level of ten thousand hours.
I used to think game time was quite long; the American dramas I watched had ten seasons, which felt quite long-lived.
I checked the information and found a TV series from 1972 with 18,626 episodes called Guiding Light.
There’s also Coronation Street with over 5,000 episodes.
Reference: Top Ten TV Series with the Most Episodes in the World
Alright~ Game time is too short; I need to keep working hard.
Those who watch TV can still defeat me. Still a complete defeat. Haha.

Effects of Watching TV#

What’s the difference between watching TV and videos?
Excluding educational videos, because I fall asleep while watching educational videos.
Watching TV and sleeping have similar brainwave patterns.
Watching TV and videos consumes even fewer calories than sleeping.
So I don't recommend children watch too many videos or TV.
It’s better to go out and play games (non-expert advice, personal subjective suggestion).
From the perspective of brainwaves, cloud players can also be seen as sleeping players.
What about reading strategy players?

AI Reference Material

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The brain's electrical wave activity (brainwaves) varies significantly under different states, including watching TV and sleeping. Brainwaves can be detected through electroencephalography (EEG) and are usually classified into different frequency bands based on frequency size and state:

1. Brainwaves When Watching TV#

• Beta Waves (12-30 Hz): These brainwaves are associated with focused attention, problem-solving, and thinking. When a person watches TV, especially content-rich programs, the brain may be in a beta wave-dominant state.
• Alpha Waves (8-12 Hz): When a person is relaxed but still awake, alpha waves dominate. Watching TV, especially light programs or entertainment content, may put the brain into this relaxed state.
• Theta Waves (4-8 Hz): In some cases, if a person watches TV for a long time and becomes drowsy, theta waves may increase. They are associated with light sleep and mild focus.

2. Brainwaves During Sleep#

Sleep can be divided into multiple stages, each with different brain activities:

• Sleep Onset Stage (NREM 1, Light Sleep): This stage is the transition from wakefulness to sleep, with brainwaves primarily being Theta Waves and accompanied by a small amount of alpha waves.
• Light Sleep (NREM 2): In this stage, Theta Waves dominate, accompanied by Sleep Spindles and K-complexes, which are brief suppressive responses to external stimuli.
• Deep Sleep (NREM 3, Slow Wave Sleep): This stage is dominated by Delta Waves (0.5-4 Hz). Delta waves have low frequency and high amplitude, indicating deep restorative sleep.
• Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM Sleep): In this stage, brain activity resembles a waking state, primarily a mix of Beta Waves and Theta Waves, usually associated with dreaming.

Summary of Changes:#

• When watching TV, the brain is in a relatively alert state, dominated by beta or alpha waves, depending on the complexity of the program content and the person's level of focus.
• During sleep, the brain gradually transitions from theta waves to delta waves, with delta waves dominating during deep sleep, while during the dreaming REM sleep phase, it returns to higher frequency beta or theta waves.

These changes in brainwaves reflect the brain's activity levels and cognitive patterns in different states.