Matthew Beale
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Circumventing the algorithm
Very interesting piece, Stephanie. Especially fascinating to me is the introduction to the term 'customer churn,' which is think is especially poignant when we consider how one of the criticisms levied against casual games is the 'grinding& ... -
Reanimated corpses
I wonder how these fan-made versions of zombie narratives both differ from and mirror the mainstream zombie narratives of the Romeros, Kirkmans, and Boyds of the world. Are genre conventions typically subverted or is the opportunity used to expose, play, ... -
On the desire for a hardcopy
Well, I was going to start this comment about 45 minutes ago, but MSCSI wouldn't let go of my attention. After having spent some time with the comic, I can see why people might crave a hardcopy. The artwork, especially, struck me as very warm and li ... -
I think that one of the
I think that one of the issues is that, when we talk about our game avatars or our Facebook profiles, we identify them with some extension of ourselves. In traditional fiction, when we "read for character," no matter how much we identify with a ... -
Bankingfication
I like that this post addresses a lot of the underlying pedagogy of gamification and how much of it comes back to Freire's old nemesis: the banking model. I agree with all of what you have said here, but I also think that it is important to acknow ... -
Process for creating VEs
I really enjoy watching well-made VEs ("From Panel to Frame" was great!) and, as a game researcher, hope to try my hand at constructing one in the future. However, one of the biggest mental hurdles for me is both the time and self-training that ... -
Addendum
Nice write-up of our project, Megan. I will just add that, in my opinion, one of our biggest challenges so far has been considering how the educational goals of the L2L Game work in conjunction with the design of the gamewe have been building. Thinking ab ... -
Welcome to the dark side,
Welcome to the dark side, Laura! Just kidding. =) But in all honesty, I feel like you did a good job of articulating the concern that so many educators face when thinking about incorporating technology in their classrooms. Namely, that of possibility over ... -
Re: Critical Making
Critical making
I really like the term "critical making" and the concept behind it. While students may have difficulty with academic papers, I've found that when I ask them to reflect on their process of "creation" for any kind of artifact that t ... -
It seems to me that it may be
It seems to me that it may be the "humanities" aspect of DH that is keeping it out of the media studies departments. If media studies departments were set up to provide a sort of "contrast" to the more traditional disciplines, I could ...