{"id":27898,"date":"2023-04-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/gaming-among-the-baobabs-into-the-wilderness-with-a-tent-and-a-playdate\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T09:00:00","slug":"gaming-among-the-baobabs-into-the-wilderness-with-a-tent-and-a-playdate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/gaming-among-the-baobabs-into-the-wilderness-with-a-tent-and-a-playdate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming among the Baobabs: Into the wilderness with a tent and a Playdate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Trivia time. Did you know, there&#8217;s no precise definition of a tree. All sorts of distantly related plants can be trees if they stump for it. Grasses, ferns, or really anything with a trunk and a dream. Scientists have tried to impose some rules on the chaos. But, basically, if it looks like a tree, and it&#8217;s big enough and sturdy enough then, sure, let&#8217;s call it a tree. Baobab trees, I suspect, tow the line. They&#8217;re strange, squat things &#8212; hollow in the centre with branches all skewiff at the crown and flush with alien-green fruit pods. In Tanzania&#8217;s northern savannahs, they pepper the landscape; quixotic giants towering above the sea of acacias. In some places, they&#8217;re also the only trees suitably thick and thornless to act as backrest for a shaded gaming session.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSome context is probably warranted here. I&#8217;m an anthropologist &#8212; a researcher who studies us, humans, in all our tremendous diversity. In service of documenting one small part of that diversity, my work takes me deep into the Tanzanian bush, with a tent, a Land Rover, and a crate of tinned food. I am also a capital-G Gamer. Gaming is my refuge. My happy place. My way to unwind after a hard day&#8217;s work. And though I love my work, sometimes the dust, the heat and the occasional run-ins with elephants do wind one tight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUnfortunately, gaming and fieldwork don&#8217;t readily mix. The Tanzanian wilderness, with its stunning scenery, doesn&#8217;t lack much, but it does lack plug sockets. This is an impediment for gaming in so many ways, not least because there&#8217;s nowhere to power your RGB light strips. I suppose the easiest solution is to take a break. Crack a book; touch grass; digitally detox. And by all means, that sounds fabulous, but if you&#8217;re in as deep as I am, there&#8217;s another option: become your own sort of tree and draw power from the sun.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gaming-among-the-baobabs-into-the-wilderness-with-a-tent-and-a-playdate\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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