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It hasn’t been a particularly well kept secret – as I’ve been dropping not so veiled hints on Twitter and have flat out told some colleagues face-to-face – but yes, I’m undergoing some professional changes. Don’t worry, I’m not going that far – I will be staying at MSU. The long and short of it [...]
I’ve been invited to give a brown-bag talk in the Department of Anthropology this week talking about archaeology & serious games. Here is the talk’s description:
For years, researchers have discussed the educational potential of digital games. Most recently, this discussion has been framed using the term “serious games” – games whose primary purpose is not [...]
As many know, I had been toiling away on my latest book for a little less than a year. Well, the book was finally released into the wild early this year (Jan 2nd). Published by renowned technology publisher O’Reilly Media and co-authored by Jeff Siarto (http://www.siarto.com), Head First Web Design is the latest [...]
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To [...]
Avalon Hill, now owned by Hasbro and operating as a division of Wizards of the Coast, was a tabletop game company specializing in war games and strategic boardgames. They were not only responsible for pioneered many of the key concepts of modern tabletop wargaming, such as the hex grid and zones of control, but [...]
Coleco Industries, which was originally named the Connecticut Leather Company, was founded in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1932 as a shoe leather company by Russian immigrant Maurice Greenberg. Moving into plastic molding in the 1950’s, Coleco eventually sold off their leather business, and became a publicly traded company. By the beginning of the [...]
Founded in 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye as an eventual means to publish, sell, and distribute the rules of Dungeons & Dragons, TSR went on to become one of the most noteworthy companies in the entertainment game industry. While Dungeons & Dragons went on to have a significant lasting impact on both [...]
I’m co-chairing a conference called Meaningful Play which focuses on the design and study of games that matter. Here is the quick blurb:
Whether designed to entertain or for more “serious” purposes, games have the potential to impact players’ beliefs, knowledge, attitudes, emotions, cognitive abilities, and behavior.
Meaningful Play 2008 is an interdisciplinary academic conference that [...]
I know I haven’t posted in…well…forever. Check out my Twitter feed – http://twitter.com/captain_primate. Huzzah! Another thing not to update!
I’m giving a paper at the Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference at Brock University (http://www.brocku.ca/iasc/immersiveworlds/) called The Ethnography of Tabletop Miniature Storyworlds. If you want to take a look at my slides, you can do so here. As usual, comments are welcome.
