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Encounters of a Nerd Kind

Posted: October 19, 2011 by twinhits in Games and Life
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There’s not really anything like it, every Saturday I get to go to one of our computer lab classrooms, jump around and yell excitedly about Blizzard Entertainment’s Starcraft II. This is CSL, the Colligate Starleague, founded by Mona “Hazelynut” Zhang over at Princeton University. It started in 2008 and has since has grown into over [...]

Here Comes Democracy

Posted: April 28, 2011 by twinhits in Game Research, Games and Life, New Media, Uncategorized
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I’ll probably start off with this story in every blog post that I write in my life, but when I was thirteen years old I had the honor to found and lead a clan called The Order in the game Star Wars: Jedi Academy. What proceeded was a five year journey that would change my [...]

Hey, What’s in a Name?

Posted: October 2, 2010 by twinhits in Games and Life
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My name is technically not TwinHits. Unless one has very strange parents, one would expect a more normal name for a person. But, alas, this is the internet and here on the internet, we name ourselves.

Luckily for Me, My Real Name is KROGUL THE DESTROYER

Posted: July 6, 2010 by twinhits in Games and Life
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This morning, Activision-Blizzard took a well-aimed shot at the basic premise on online interaction. At about 9:00 this morning PST, Blizzard announced on the official Starcraft II Beta forums that “anyone posting or replying to a post on official Blizzard forums will be doing so using their Real ID — that is, their real-life first [...]

Guilds as a Force for Learning

Posted: April 2, 2010 by twinhits in Uncategorized
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Imagine that you go to college for the first time and have no friends. Sad, but quickly you find a group of people that you like and you hang out with them regularly. With this group of friends you can better learn as a study group, better enjoy time spent outside of class , and [...]