From the monthly archives: June 2006

Like Hell I lost, I was trying to feed the mushroom creatures!

By On 13/06/2006 ·

Have you noticed that sometimes during video game play, players try to redefine the goals?
This can happen verbally or it can happen through actions as when a player starts shooting his team-mates for the heck of it.

Often, I think, it is related to certain future defeat. The losing player tries to redefine [...]

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Star Craft television

By On 11/06/2006 ·

If, like me, you’ve wondered how South Korean televised Star Craft actually looks, here is an example. It shows Lim Yo-Hwan take on another player on a custom-made map with inserted Pringles ads.
Not something I see often on Danish television, I must say.

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How to write about girl gamers

By On 09/06/2006 ·

Richard Cobbett delivers rather scathing observations on the old “Girls in Games” journalism template.

Via Game Politics

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The public has spoken

By On 08/06/2006 ·

There’s no longer doubt as to which of my Flickr photos draws the largest attention. There’s a lesson there somewhere.

Might we somehow combine games and the paranormal…? :-)

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I think that you think that I think

By On 07/06/2006 ·

Deadlines are looming. Which means I have a chapter on the relationship between game theory and video games. This chapter is longish.
But if anyone has an interest in this eternally fascinating topic I would love some critical comments. So let me know.
Here’s the brief summary of the chapter:

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