From the monthly archives: May 2005

Gonzalo at Copenhagen University tommorow

By On 25/05/2005 ·

The opposite of fun is not boredom: Videogames, art and communication

Sure, videogames are fun but is that enough? If television had focused solely on fun, we wouldn’t have news programs, documentaries, commercials or drama. Fun is just one element in the equation of making games, especially when you have a different agenda than just [...]

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The Project takes a new direction… – or: At least the sub-title is still reasonable

By On 24/05/2005 ·

Okay, I wasn’t kidding when I said this was a research blog of sorts. Not fully kidding, anyway.
Elsewhere on this site I have claimed to be researching the issue of social order/control in multiplayer gamespaces. That’s still an interesting topic, of course.
But recently I have drifted towards another main issue: How [...]

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Devil in the detail

By On 24/05/2005 ·

Did you ever notice how some annoyances are so miniscule that everyone would be ashamed to actually voice their disapproval over something so tiny? A problem arises when these little details are repeated through sufficiently large series of instances. Also, this is a blog. There is no shame in ranting. In fact, “the rant” is [...]

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Life-long learning

By On 23/05/2005 ·

I did not appreciate the fact that the verb “nerf” (that is: the downgrading of a character class or object in an MMORPG) refers to a particular brand of US plastic/foam toys. I guess I learned something today.

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Oh, the media…

By On 19/05/2005 ·

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at a public library as part of the nicely idealistic “Day of research” (where researchers meet “the public”). I spoke about media panic, public perceptions of games and of games as media/art.
Business-oriented Danish daily newspaper Børsen was there covering the event. Let [...]

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