From the monthly archives: January 2005

Sources of constant amazement

By On 23/01/2005 ·

I don’t know, maybe it is just me.
But I am amazed that in 2005, running an online game requires an advanced degree in military cryptoanalysis. OK, so the game itself is not new, but still..
Wanting to play good old Age of Kings (Conquerors) I had to spend a considerable number of hours [...]

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Another world

By On 16/01/2005 ·

OK, I did it. I let myself be logged on to World of Warcraft (EU beta). Just to have a look, purely for research purposes, and with no intention of staying. Taking the form of a purple-haired female gnome I went for a bit of sight-seeing. There’s no denying that this world looks [...]

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Being worthy

By On 14/01/2005 ·

Read Lessig’s “They’re not worthy” comment in Wired.
Is anybody, I wonder, publishing lists of the (interesting) material that enters the public domain every new years eve…? Is anyone taking steps towards making some of it accessible, e.g. online…?

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Dr. Klastrup’s dissertation

By On 14/01/2005 ·

Lisbeth Klastrup’s dissertation “Towards a Poetics of Virtual Worlds: Multi-User Textuality and the Emergence of Story” was just put online. Get it while you can!

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Origami unicorns

By On 14/01/2005 ·

Prof. Henry Jenkins is visiting today and will be speaking at 16:15 under the heading Searching for the Origami Unicorn: The Matrix and Transmedia Storytelling.
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