Alternate to the Alternate

Prior to working on the design of the Techno Medicine Wheel ARG, I was playing ARGs on and off just out of curiosity. I just missed my chance to go to the live event in Texas for the promotional GUN ARG, since I had to fly out that day, so I’ve never had the opportunity [...]

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Mrrgllllgggglll.

I’m still barely coming out of some horrible head cold thing that lasted from Monday until, well, when am I going to get better?! I’ve felt just awful. I’m keeping up on work in general, but had to miss class on Friday for the sake of recovering and not passing out in public. So, mentally [...]

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Goodbye WoW

I’m not saying goodbye forever. I’m just really busy right now. I have other places to be, other work to do, other games to play. This World of Warcraft is too much of a separate world for me.
Edward Castronova refers to Norrath (EverQuest) as a meeting place, market place, and home in “Virtual Worlds: A [...]

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Wha’ You Sayin’?

Ain’t that the truth. Doug Church in “Formal Abstract Design Tools” addresses the need for a common language among game designers, since “… design evolution lags far behind the evolution of overall game technology” (367). The more I dip past game writing into game design, the more I appreciate breakdowns like Church’s. His work was [...]

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This Is Not Fun

I finally got a DS Lite for Christmas. I rarely ask for gifts for myself, but this time I knew I wanted an upgrade. Slick black case, backlighting, smooooth. I also asked for a poker game, and got the World Tournament version. And damn it’s ridiculously hard.
In the article “Game Theory,” William Poundstone outlines a [...]

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