Games are Utterly Awesome, but Why?
One of the hallmarks of good research is the demonstrable ability to navigate from Point A (which is the challenging of basic...
Kirk and Spock
And so, on the wiki article for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, I found this jewel of story interpretation: 'The Wrath of Khan follows...
Yes, I want to actually write a thesis someday
In my lab every graduating season, there appears to be a custom of placing the graduating PhD candidate's thesis near the daily newspaper...
On turning 33
A sincere thank you to everyone for your birthday wishes. Life has interesting ways of pointing things out. Odd convergences of theme,...
就職活動っすね
朝、ナムコバンダイホールディングス・スタジオの就職の説明会への参加。現在、Ｍ１だから就職すればよいかなと思っているが、博士まで行こうということも考えて迷って、議論中でござる。もし、就職エントリーして、急に博士コースしましょうよ！っと決めたらやばいよね。ちゃんと、考えなければ...
New Years Eve 2012 -or- Who's still working?
Left the lab today at about 6pm. When I reached the top of the small hill behind the Information Science Building, out of curiosity, I...
See You, Game Studies Cowboy
Talking at length with the Associate Professor of our lab last night became a great wellspring of awesome, crazy, yet equally legitimate...
Open-faced noob question
How does one know when their work has been cited by others? Not that that is happening any time soon. The thought had occurred to me...
Someone who gets it
I nearly leapt out of my seat when I read this. Thankfully I can still control myself: "The actual concern of computer game philology...
"Literary Theory and Computer Games" by Julian Kucklich (2001)
"Literary Theory and Computer Games" by Julian Kucklich (2001): This paper is just a fascinating collection of pertinent things. There...
