

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...


DiGRA Japan 2013 in Kyushu Day #2 Recap
#acecombatzero #conference #digrajapan #trip #paper #ramen


DiGRA Japan in Kyushu, 2013 Day #1 Recap
Tomorrow morning I'll present my paper on Interactive Frame Narrative in Namco/Bandai's "Ace Combat Zero." This afternoon however, I had...


DiGRA Japan Conference 2013, Pre-conference dayin Kyushu
#acecombatzero #conference #digrajapan #game #gamedesign #gamedevelopment #gamestudiescurrently #gradschoollife #japangamestudies...


Japanese Intensive Language Course, C Class Reunion
My sincerest thanks to my classmates at Osaka University. It was great seeing all of you again. To those who are leaving Japan in March,...
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...


Japanese Draft
やっと、3月の学会の日本語の第一の原稿はとりあえず終了である。まだネイティブチェックされていないけど。先生に出した際にめっちゃ恥ずかしかったわ。「ちっちゃな子供っぽい日本語で書いたらしいと見えるかな」って怖い。10年前の教えた播南の生徒が英語のレポート、宿題などを出した気分...
Fridays are the best days to be in Lab, apparently
Newly-noticed trend: Of course, it is always good practice to be present in one's own laboratory. But it is becoming gradually more...
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...