Video games: news, theory & analysis.
Video games: news, theory & analysis.
Reporting live from 12th street, I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that serious games and I can date for a while, but I don't see a long term relationship. — read on
As part of my preparation for the imminent Games for Change festival here in NYC, I've compiled a list of serious games. — read on
Some time ago I saw a lecture by Steven B. Johnson: one of the people I love to quote in my whole video game dissertation thing. I'm particularly keen of his notion of "data making sense of other data." I had hoped to hear more about the future, but ended up with a mouthful of Web one point oh. — read on
As part of a report on casual games and browser-based MMOGs, I just completed a table of one company's available online payment methods. Organized by country, it lists how gamers all over the place can pay for their virtual currency and in-game items. — read on
Woo hoo! Waffler enters the 2.0 era of delectably clickable buttons and zippy pop-ups menus. — read on
So it looks like I'll be headed to Barcelona this November. My proposal for ECREA 2008 got accepted and now I will go shoulder-to-shoulder with communication "specialists studying the role of communications and media in society, with a special emphasis on European challenges." C'est le w00t, bonhomme. — read on
I'm all for video games graduating into some "serious" cultural form, just like comic books and bubblegum. But I'm not convinced that a poorly organized screamfest is going to convince anyone of video games' merits.
— read onJust as summer rolls in, the webtastic internetmaster of the universe is finalizing the new design. All aspiring doctoral students want to put their best foot forward, so let me put on a pretty dress. — read on
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