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Is hell freezing over? Or, are people realizing that Battlestar Galactica is not only one of the single best science fiction television program ever to grace the airwaves, but perhaps one of the most powerful and compelling television programs around today…period. This is high praise from me who, as those who know me will agree, [...]
Super Hero re-enactment – my new weekend hobby. I especially like how Thor has a ball pin hammer and one of those beer can/drinking straw contraptions on his helmet.
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Last semester, I taught my Digital Games and Society class (http://class.cas.msu.edu/tc339) in which I cover a wide variety of topics all falling under the umbrella of “exploring the affect that videogames had/have on society and vise versa.” If you are interested in the class, check out the website for a full description.
I got it in [...]
We’re in the home stretch (well, relatively home stretch) for the Blogs for Learning project. Currently, we’re looking for both beta testers and content contributors – see the announcement below:
Launching on September 1st, 2006 (with beta-testing beginning on August 1st), Blogs for Learning will be a comprehensive online resource for instructors and students interested [...]
I’m co-presenting a talk entitled “Blogs for Learning: A Case Study” with my colleague Nicole Ellison at the Higher Ed Blog Con (http://www.higheredblogcon.com/). The conference is non-traditional in that it is virtual – during the month-long event, participants from more than 30 institutions will publish articles, podcasts, and screencasts sharing their findings and experiences [...]
For the most part, because of a whole host of factors, announcements of noteworthy Predynastic finds come from Upper Egypt. Contrary to this, the Polish mission in Lower Egypt has announced the discovery of a bunch of really interesting finds – all at Tell el-Farkha in the northern province of Dakahliya in the Delta. The [...]
I’m currently on the second of Elizabeth Bear’s Jenny Casey novels (entitled Scardown – the first in the series is called Hammered, and the third is called Worldwired). So far, the series is very good and definitely holding my attention. In the first book, the author prefaces all of the sections with an [...]
Now that Vancouver is to host the 2010 Winter Olympics these are some questions people the world over are asking! Believe it or not these questions about Canada were posted on an International Tourism Website. Obviously the answers are jokes, but sadly the questions were really asked.
Q:I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, [...]
I’m a big fan of Stargate (as well as its spin-off Stargate Atlantis). Given this, my interest was piqued today when I read a press release that announced a partnership between a developer named Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment (http://www.cheyenneme.com/)and MGM Interactive to create a Stargate MMO called Stargate Worlds. Here is the description of the game:
Stargate [...]
I’m a big Alpha Flight fan. Not just because I’m a canuck…well, it has a lot to do with that. But besides that, Alpha Flight was both drawn and written well, and didn’t make a joke of Canada. The characters were cool, and the art was top notch (John Byrne). This praise doesn’t extend so [...]
