Currently viewing the tag: "research"

Game rhetoric

By On 27/09/2007 ·

I didn’t see it coming a few years back but I’m taking an interest in the persuasive powers of games (but then who isn’t? :-))
In that regard, I’ve strewn a few thoughts across my research group blog.

Continue Reading →

PhD scholarships available at ITU

By On 23/08/2007 ·

The ITU has just posted a number of PhD scholarships.
You may be most interested in project proposals within the Innovative Communication area; for instance Uses of online media genres in political communication.
Send forth the applications.

Continue Reading →

New essay on games in culture

By On 21/08/2007 ·

I’ve just published a brief essay on Game Research entitled No Medium is an Island: An essay on the Video Game and its cultural neighborhood. It makes comparisons between the cultural history of video games and that of film. The comment field at the bottom of the page is open :-)

Continue Reading →

Game Lecture at ITU tomorrow: Can you make them cry without tearing your hair out?

By On 06/06/2007 ·

Can you make them cry without tearing your hair out?
– Emotional Characters

Associate Professor Katherine Isbister, Rensselaer Politechnic Institute

Time and Place:
Thursday June 7th, 16:15-17:30. Auditorium 3, ITU.

Continue Reading →

The Spam Wars take a new turn

By On 09/05/2007 ·

In a case of Hybris I’ve blogged earlier on my triumph over spam.

The latest from the (blog comment) trenches, however, is a new spammer weapon: Effort.

Continue Reading →