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I spend a lot of my time trying, in print and in person, to work against a lot of the negative stereotypes that abound about videogames and gamers. Every so often, however, I’m reminded how powerfully the gaming industry is not an ally in this effort.
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Slaying the Lone Gunman
Posted: June 21, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in Games and Life, Games and the Media, UncategorizedTags: Avatar, Galaxy Quest, games, Last Starfighter, science fiction, The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The Matrix, Tron, Video game, wargames
Can a film that celebrates the geekiness of gaming succeed in a culture that pathologizes it?
Here Comes Democracy
Posted: April 28, 2011 by twinhits in Game Research, Games and Life, New Media, UncategorizedTags: Clans, Democracy, Gaming Communities, Guilds, Jedi Academy, Syndicate
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 [...]
Artful Dodging
Posted: January 17, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in game design, Game Research, Games and Life, Games and the Media, New Media, UncategorizedTags: art, censorship, Chris Crawford, computer games, game design, game development, game studies, Henry Jenkins, International Game Developers Association, Video game
In his article Broadpaw made an excellent point about the reluctance of many people to think of games as art or even that particular games might be a form of art; we are lightyears away from someone acknowledging that a specific game might be great art. Broadpaw noted that the entire debate is structured around [...]
Annoyingly False Binaries: A Response to “It may be art. . .but I really don’t care”
Posted: January 12, 2011 by Broadpaw in game design, Games and Life, UncategorizedTags: computer games, game design, game development, game studies, games, gaming, mass media, Video game, video games, videogames
Upon leaving a reply to “It may be art. . .but I really don’t care,” I soon realized that the reply was quickly becoming its own post. So here it is. My good Twitchdoctor, I am pleased that you tackle the question of “Are games art?” in the way that you have – in that [...]
Come for the Books, Stay for the Games
Posted: January 12, 2011 by Broadpaw in Games and Marketing, UncategorizedI was delighted (and oddly, albeit slightly, “discomfited”) to see the following ad in my emailbox recently: Brodart is a company that has for decades specialized in library equipment, supplies, and furniture. (Note that I have no affiliation whatsoever with Brodart, save that I have used its mylar dustjacket covers for years, with their lovely, [...]
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 [...]
