Gaming as a Metaphor for Life

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Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 GenericThe following is the first post in a blog series I'll be writing about the parallels between real life and video games.  I used to be a big gamer, and I applied many of the concepts I learned in games to advance myself in real life.  How, you ask?  Read on!
 
I used to be a person that was crippled by social anxiety--a person who was more comfortable interacting with machines...