Else-If-Then

Author: Kim

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  • Protected: Part 1: SF and Fantasy film; Fans vs Critics vs Scholars

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  • Celebrity Identities

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    Lately I’ve been thinking about how celebrities try to create their own identitities and the push-pull created between celebs and fans, celebs and the media, and a number of other actors and groups.  And as I start thinking, I realize that vocabulary will be an issue because I am thinking about actors and actresses, but…

  • Renewal

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    I haven’t written a post here in about 3 years.  I have thought about writing many times, but any number of things stopped me. Sometimes I was too busy. Sometimes I thought of something I wanted to write, but didn’t have the time or energy to do it justice (I thought).  Sometimes, when well-meaning friends…

  • What Kind of D & D Character would I be?

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    The funny thing is, this is fairly close to what I am in real life, but not what I play in RPGs.  🙂 I Am A: Neutral Good Human Sorcerer (6th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-14 Dexterity-13 Constitution-16 Intelligence-17 Wisdom-14 Charisma-17 Alignment: Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can…

  • Trying to Keep up Momentum

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    Have read and commented on one book, I’ve tried to keep going in spite of discovering that parenting full time really is a full time job.  I’m reading Synthetic Worlds by Castronova.  So far quite interesting, and again I find reading work by another gamer really influences my reception in interesting ways.  More on that…

  • Very Short Review: The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games, by Michael Tresca

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    While there are quite a few books in the game studies field now, many are highly theoretical, considering whether games can be read as literature, how online games fit into network theory, what games say about human cultures, etc.  There are fewer people writing about games from the perspective of an active and experienced gamer,…

  • Easing back in..

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    I finally feel like reading and writing again.  After the stresses of last year, I was seriously burnt out, and ever since have shied away from my research, at least from reading and writing.  I’ve been very absorbed in Clan Lord and some other games, and that’s not without benefit (researchwise) but I was feeling…

  • Impending Blackout

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    I’m not interrupting much at the moment as I’ve been taking a break.  But still… I oppose SOPA and will blackout my site tomorrow to show it.

  • It’s funny, my last post was about how much writing I was doing…

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    And then school ended, and the kids were home! writing went out the window… I spent the summer visting with friends, relations, and other loved ones, and playing Clan Lord.  I’m still collecting information on that, and learning more and more about both the community and the game itself. Tomorrow not only is everyone back…