Magic Dust, Paid for with a Smile
Thank you to Faii Na, Noey Hole Cheek, and Yuk PamSeven Warit! Found this on my desk at the lab when I came in this morning. This was a...
Street Fighter II: The Board Game
"The feasibility of adaptation from video game to board or card game depends on the game. In the 1980s, many popular arcade games were...
International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013 Recap
May 24th~26th, 2013 This was a joint conference between Ritsumeikan University RCGS and University of Alberta, Edmonton, and a wonderful,...
The Creator of the Original NES!
Probably the biggest thing to happen to me at the International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013 (and my life). With Professor...
Overactive Imagination
I have an overactive imagination. I believe that this, among other things, has contributed to the way my life is shaped currently. And I...
The Quest
My field is an extended exercise in logical, eloquent speculation. My field is so young that none of the rules have been yet written, and...
How to Read a Paper
For all you grad students: This paper has been floating around the lab in some digital form or another for a while now, and especially...
Vladimir Propp's 31 Functions and 8 Broad Character Types
"Vladimir Propp studied folktales and reduced the story into formal algorithms, ignoring the text but rather turning the static narrative...
"You can settle for less than an ordinary life, or do you feel like you were meant for something bet
In truth, it is never too early to begin thinking about your Masters Thesis. That being the case, I have been trying to situate and...
Remain Wary of Assumptions
From the California State University Dominguez Hills "Guide to Writing and Research in the Humanities": "Every time we write we employ a...
