Video games: news, theory & analysis.
Video games: news, theory & analysis.
No, not me. But one of the regular sites I read is finally back online. This time around under the guise of microkid. (10 points if you catch the pop reference) Go. Read. Enjoy. — read on
In a couple of hours lots of train-riding Dutchies will read my <insert clever adjective here> contribution to the Dutch version of Metro News. It's entirely in Dutch so don't bother. Hi mom! — read on
I had wanted to write something snide about media covering E3 this year, but I've decided that I'm enjoying myself too much. As you move from one location to the next, you sometimes encounter a real awkward vibe. A sort of "anxious, young men competing" type of feeling. Everyone's too cool for school, which is probably why E3 grew into such a testosterone-filled bunch of nonsense like it did. — read on
This weekend I'm German. I accepted an invitation from the Center for Metropolitan Studies and am spending four days in Berlin. On Friday I presented my paper "Cities, Games & Media," which'll be available online shortly.
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After successfully transferring my entire digital existence to the helpful people at DreamHost, I've finally gotten around to logging back in. Lots of interesting activity has kept me away, but I'm better for it. Next stop, Berlin. — read on
I'm up at MIT this weekend, meeting people, being friendly, conferencing. One thing that I'm noticing is an eery symbiosis between older professors and hipsters. The former provides credibility and the momentum to actually have a conference. The latter provides the endless library of Internet clips, snippets, and pop cultural artifacts and remixes.
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It strikes me as odd that when someone announces a new game, the press release spews a ton of circumstantial information at you but not a word about game play. Spiderman 3, predictably, will be filled to brim with original actors who should still be "in character" and the PS3 and XBOX360 capacity blablabla... — read on
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