Gaming Addiction: A Memoir
on Sep 28, 2009 in General Gaming journals addiction journal MMORPGs MUDs personal Research south park WoW I’ll preface this by saying that I do have an addictive personality, so this is something I take very seriously. In the past I’ve struggled with alcohol, mostly, but have gotten that completely under control thanks to the support I receiv...

“User Experiences” and Real-Life HUDs
on Sep 18, 2009 in COTS Media advertising android augmented reality EA iphone layar marketing tiger woods The September 7, 2009 issue of Advertising Age has an interesting article on the new paradigm of video game user experience marketing. The article focuses on EA and the new Tiger Woods game, PGA Tour 10. Gone are the days of the month-and-a-half fren...

Gaming and Anger
on Sep 17, 2009 in Research journals anger children gaming journal violence Violent games do not create violent children. There. I said it. A good researcher reports findings that support his or her position, as well as those that fly in its face. The October 2009 issue of Issues in Mental Health Nursing contains an article...

Future of Education? Video Games. (Well I Coulda Told You That)
on Sep 10, 2009 in Media School economist jobs journal Q2L In last week’s Economist an article titled “Games Lessons” appeared in the Education, psychology and technology section. I have a question, though. Why would saying “the future of schooling may lie with video games” R...

Cinematic Immersive Gameplay
on Sep 8, 2009 in COTS Media cinematic gameplay dreamfall film studies heavy rain indigo prophecy madden 10 monologue omikron quantic dream ragnar tornquist rockband 2 the longest journey youtube Some of you remember Omikron. Some of you played Indigo Prophecy (otherwise known as Fahrenheit). Anyone who did knows that Quantic Dream makes really good games. Really good. Heavy Rain, their upcoming PS3 title, is shaping up to be no slouch, eithe...

Cinematic Immersive Gameplay
on Sep 8, 2009 in COTS Media cinematic gameplay dreamfall film studies heavy rain indigo prophecy madden 10 monologue omikron quantic dream ragnar tornquist rockband 2 the longest journey youtube Some of you remember Omikron. Some of you played Indigo Prophecy (otherwise known as Fahrenheit). Anyone who did knows that Quantic Dream makes really good games. Really good. Heavy Rain, their upcoming PS3 title, is shaping up to be no slouch, eithe...

Alessa Gillespie: Child Star or Monster?
on Sep 6, 2009 in COTS Research journals alessa gillespie camera obscura conference paper ewan kirkland gamefaqs heather mason james sunderland misogyny monsters mythology silent hill Alessa Gillespie: Child Star or Monster?May contain spoilers. Beware. It’s pretty obvious that I’m a big Silent Hill fan. I’m hoping to do a lot with the series (along with the Fatal Frame series, Rule of Rose, the Final Fantasy ser...

Alessa Gillespie: Child Star or Monster?
on Sep 6, 2009 in COTS Research journals alessa gillespie camera obscura conference paper ewan kirkland gamefaqs heather mason james sunderland misogyny monsters mythology silent hill Alessa Gillespie: Child Star or Monster?May contain spoilers. Beware. It’s pretty obvious that I’m a big Silent Hill fan. I’m hoping to do a lot with the series (along with the Fatal Frame series, Rule of Rose, the Final Fantasy ser...

Exergaming Literature Review
on Sep 3, 2009 in Research journals computers & education exergaming fundamentals of game design game design lit review New literature review of scholarly articles about Exergaming. Would you like gym class more if you play video games during it? I think I would.

Exergaming Literature Review
on Sep 3, 2009 in Research journals computers & education exergaming fundamentals of game design game design lit review New literature review of scholarly articles about Exergaming. Would you like gym class more if you play video games during it? I think I would.