Else-If-Then

Tag: games

  • Attempting a New Approach to Fan and Game Studies

    —

    by

    Kim
    in

    So… as I posted last time, I will be speaking about how one might take an approach to studying an MMO fan community that achieves not just a balance between the critical stance of a scholar and the enthusiasm of a player, but some kind of integration of the two positions.  Further, how might the…

  • Inhabiting Characters

    —

    by

    Kim
    in

    One of the most striking aspects of this particular game is the extent to which players are devoted to their characters. The explanations for this devotion include some that fairly straightforward and common to many games: simple time investment; in some cases as long as 12 years effort; time and energy may have been spent…

  • Games and Community

    —

    by

    Kim
    in

    So I’ve been playing my first MMORPG ever, and surprise, have gotten a little addicted. But this one differs from most in being designed to require cooperation; it’s very difficult to play alone, and not as much fun.  The game is Clan Lord, by Delta Tao; the first ever MMORPG designed for Macs. It first…

  • "The Highly Coveted Desktop Structural Achievement Award 2007-08"

    —

    by

    Kim
    in ,

    Here is the text of the speech with which I was honored for my creation of truly marvelous chaos: I confess to aspiring for this award for several years and those of you who know me and have witnessed the temple of bureaucratic agglutination that I’ve created in L195D can bear out this aspiration. When…

  • Katynka Martinez

    —

    by

    Kim
    in

    Katynka MartinezOriginally uploaded by cuuixsilver Katynka gave a really interesting talk about a project in which high school students made their own versions of the Pac Man game that reflected their own neighborhoods and experience. One was called El Imigrante in which Carlos Jesus Imigrante is pursued around town by minutemen. If they catch him…