3 reasons to visit PlayDepartment

Heilgast with PlayDepartment website logo underneath

We love to play video games and we enjoy making them better by ventilating opinions and reading what others think. For the past decade we have done this by visited tons of sites to learn what is happening in the industry, but there was never a place we dared call it home. They have been [...] Read more »

Why you should upgrade your Mac to 8GB RAM

A RAM memory deck for your Mac

So you decided to buy a Mac and now find yourself at the Apple site checkout with a wary heart wondering how you’ll be able to provide for your family in the coming days. Well whatever you do, don’t upgrade your system to 8GB ram but do get 8 gigs of ram, doesn’t make sense [...] Read more »

Playstation Vita Hands-on

The front of the vita

They say people draft an early opinion of objects within the first few seconds of seeing it, so I figured 30 minutes on the PlayStation Vita would tell me a lot. Remember, this is not a review and that the findings noted below are highly subject to change when the vita comes out later this [...] Read more »

Rule of effective problem solving

A man in suit looking out of the window towards the London scenery.

Imagine yourself on a crossroad in the middle of the desert, no clue how far the road stretches in either direction, not a single landmark in sight. You’ve got a problem! In the coming five minutes you’ll learn the single rule that will trigger an all-new way of thinking: openness to the edge of perfection. [...] Read more »

Middle-aged men using public transport

Showing train tracks and a station in York

I see it all the time, middle ages men roaming public transport from 7-10 AM and 4-6 PM, they’re going to- and leaving from work. Some of these men sit for hours just to see the building they are employed in, that’s a quarter workday before the clock even started ticking! They do the same [...] Read more »

Truth about dumb people

A person we perceive as being dumb

The title to this article has probably struck some interests. It’s very easy to put someone in a box and label it stupid. It may sound like something only 4th graders would do, but that’s incorrect. In every facet of life we’re constantly judging people based on a set of standard rules. How does he [...] Read more »

Rule of the Stalling Lead

Three men ready for a 100 meter sprint

Ever wondered why the top dog lost its position? Or why the market is ever changing? How come you don’t have more expendable income even though your salary has just gone up? This phenomenon can be diverted back to the rule of the stalling lead. Let’s talk about it now. The rule of the stalling [...] Read more »

Why we’re all zombies

Two people walking past each other, casting interesting shadows on a building

This article may or may not apply to you. I won’t and can’t judge you from up here behind my keyboard writing this. However I’m an observer, I get pleasure from seeing people interact and come up with things I could’ve never thought of myself. Genuinely interesting people (or movie characters) intrigue me and suck [...] Read more »

How addictions work

A woman eating junk food

Every human being has an addiction by default. This can be just about anything but most of us are routine animals that like to repeat tasks rather than invent the wheel every single day. It’s easier to use and do what you already know after all. Addictions can come in any sort or from, from [...] Read more »