Monthly Archives: January 2005

STORIES: Self

Posted on January 13, 2005 by Susan

Not good enough still haunts his days–and nights, when the sheets that shield him from the dark are torn to strips by nightmares.  And the covers keep him in but let in the sounds of all his life as well, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2

Posted on January 12, 2005 by Susan

FINALLY! and in this last go-round, I was choked twice, cut three times, but figured I’d try shooting at him and also for the first time tried using up some of my first aid kits–they saved me, I think. James … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Health Update

Posted on January 12, 2005 by Susan

Honestly, my pulse is racing at 120 bpm.  I’ve just gotten killed a half dozen more times.  I ‘m lasting longer and longer, but for some reason, James won’t listen to me when I tell him to run (typical male).  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Effects

Posted on January 12, 2005 by Susan

Here’s an interesting take on New Media:  Has anyone ever done a study on the effects of video gaming on the heart? I mean, like, has anyone ever been found dead at the keyboard with an action adventure paused on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Examples

Posted on January 12, 2005 by Susan

To share the joy, help you understand what’s keeping me on the focused path of New Media, and frankly, to keep you busy elsewhere whilst I kill or escape this monster of Silent Hill 2, I am fingerpointing towards some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2 & SIMS 2

Posted on January 11, 2005 by Susan

I’m such a baby.  But honestly, I was getting upset, and my heart beats so fast and loud with each encounter in SH2 that I was getting nervous about that as well as being sulky.  Anyway, some needed assistance came … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2: Closing the Book

Posted on January 11, 2005 by Susan

Well, I’m just about done in, heart pounding, fingers shaking, frustrated, and losing the joy of the story real fast.  Can’t seem to get past this part of the game. Very rarely will I put a book away unfinished–unless it’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Back to McCarthy

Posted on January 11, 2005 by susan

In going into that hallway to prepare for battle again and again, I find myself fascinated by the video that the first couple of times around well serves to shock and strike such fear. It is unreal, a monstrous halfway-human … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING:

Posted on January 11, 2005 by Susan

I cannot do the dawn, nor watch the skypeel back in colors of confusionand yet not think of all the knowledge within its boundries of infinityhidden in the scarlet streaks that slash the black horizonsyawning into time. Continue reading →

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STORIES: Color Guard

Posted on January 11, 2005 by Susan

The King Goes to Battle He woke in the morning and showered and shaved,and dressed for the day in the great robes of purpleand strode through black streets,his robes rimmed in ermine untouched by the dirtheld aloft by the boys … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

Okay, another day, another coupla defeats.  But, I think I  know what I need to do in this fight with the monster.  He’s big and swinging a sword at me (James) but he’s slow.  It doesn’t look like the handgun … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

Even as I learn the ins and outs of new media, the question is always there, popping up in various forms:  Can new media carry the impact of the words of some of our greatest writers?  And if so, in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: SH 2 – Learning Control

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

or, "Learn to Love Your Arrow Keys" Well, James and me is doin’ the Texas two-step in the hallway just inside the Blue Door to Hell.  One of the necessary learnings of gameplay for the novice gamer is the arrow … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Involving the Senses

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

With words alone, a winter day: Silent, cold, grey overtoned white,  smelling and tasting of water. Elaborated: A chill dampness that penetrates a soul to color it grey, leaving the mind wanting of flavor and sniffing like hounds after rabbit … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Hot Stock Tip

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Susan

In this morning’s  BBC:  "Pocket-sized devices that let people carry around video and images are set to have a big year in 2005, according to industry experts." Now I’m smart enough to know that once it hits the news, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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