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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Podcasting in my course
I’ve been extremely busy lately, preparing to teach my course (which starts today) and trying to get a dissertation proposal out the door. I’m using a LOT of technology and technology services offered by Penn State to students, faculty, and … Continue reading
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A couple virtual world resources
I’ve been putting together an analysis document regarding various virtual world tools available, but with an educational perspective. Once it’s done, I’ll post it here. But for the time being, I’ve found two sites that have helped out quite a … Continue reading
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Gaming Trends
One of my colleagues will approach me about once a month to ask the same question: “What’s the next big thing in gaming?” I usually just bounce random thoughts around on this topic, pointing to some interesting new feature I … Continue reading
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The so called “casual games”
If you’re into the gaming scene, you’ve no doubt heard something about casual games. Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be any agreed upon definition of a casual game, so here’s what I clipped from Wikipedia: The term casual game is … Continue reading
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Second Life Debate
The Second Life article from Wired I blogged about a few weeks ago seemed to have taken on a life of its own. Wagner James Au, the first virtual reporter to embed himself within SL, offered up this piece as … Continue reading
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The Science of Game Design
I stumbled upon an interesting article over at Gamasutra (via Wonderland) dealing with the Chemistry of Game Design. The author makes some unique comparisons between game design and alchemy, how they are both very imperfect sciences, require a lot of … Continue reading
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Ian Bogost on Colbert Report
Had to put this out there: Bogost on Colbert Ian fighting the good fight on a popular TV show…great stuff for our whole field.
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Second Life and Intellectual Property
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Linden Labs has been involved in a few court cases revolving around IP within Second Life. Now, I’m unsure if this is the case that’s created the storm, but a storm is brewing. … Continue reading
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Shark Runner Continued(3)
After refueling and plotting another course, I encountered a new shark, “Vicki”. I got to the decision screen where I could choose between what types research data to collect, and I decided to backtrack to an earlier screen that had … Continue reading
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Shark Runner Continued(2)
I woke up this morning next to the port San Luis. This is the first time I’ve been able to re-fuel and check out the options I have in the port, which include: – Upgrading my boat. This includes models … Continue reading
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