Author Archives: Susan

NEW MEDIA: Killer Instinct

Posted on January 1, 2005 by Susan

"I’m bad.  I’m bad." From somewhere deep inside myself, I draw up thoughts of guts and glory; survival instinct–nay, some place beyond it to a thirst for blood, a crushing of mine enemy. Silent Hill 2: After getting quite lost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Silent Hill

Posted on January 1, 2005 by Susan

January 1st, 2005:  The discovery of self. And why should it take a video game to reveal it?  I was always a good, quiet child, entertaining myself with dolls and Indian teepees because of an age gap with my two … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2004 by Susan

This is sad.  Here it is, the last day of a year, and I can’t think of a single eloquent thing to say.  There is a story forming in my head, and I may post that if it comes bouncing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: PC Technology

Posted on December 30, 2004 by Susan

That’s "politically correct" technology, I mean. Can’t help but smile at the Windows XP version of "Are you sure you want to quit this game?" from prior versions of Freecell and Solitaire: "Do you want to resign this game?" Clever … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Real Fear

Posted on December 30, 2004 by Susan

I probably shouldn’t admit this here, but I’m trying to keep an accurate journal of my journey into video games for new media.  I am afraid. It is past two a.m., a perfect time for me to play or read.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Visuals & Texts

Posted on December 29, 2004 by Susan

What a wondrous combination!  Suttree and Silent Hill 2, feeding each other’s reader’s fears.  Each exquisite in their imagery; one by showing with sound and one by showing with language, each building up a story that has me nervous, edgy, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Storyboard

Posted on December 29, 2004 by Susan

Just was led to a site by my niece, Erica, who happens to be a web designer, that would have been a big help in one of our projects in the New Media course; that of Storyboard. Although it’s one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Remediation

Posted on December 29, 2004 by Susan

Ooh–ooh-ooh! Just got the brilliant idea of playing with the story below and carrying it further into audio/visual media format.  While it ain’t great, the narrative line is down already, so I can start from there.  The visuals would be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Reorganizing Words

Posted on December 29, 2004 by Susan

Poetry is not my forte, but thought this was useful as an exercise in rearranging words of a post below into free form poetry: Winter Wind The wind is in a jealous roar tonight,blue fingers scraping at the earthto find … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY: Of Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted on December 29, 2004 by Susan

Silently doing what I can, donating, praying, thinking. The magnitude does not relieve the grief of losing even one life.  The possibility that generations, family lineage has been wiped out in villages where all who were related lived within the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Voices

Posted on December 28, 2004 by Susan

It seems so strange sometimes, to write in here when I am a different part of me; meaning, than what came before. Spinning is not a developed voice, but voices.  Often I wonder if I should open separate blogs, not … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Arc

Posted on December 28, 2004 by Susan

I have an urge tonight to shoot my bow; to send an arrow arcing through the empty sky to visit here and here and here along its flight.  As it slows, descending back to meet the earth, its fletching spins … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: How Gone is Gone?

Posted on December 27, 2004 by Susan

It all relates to space of time and place; empty chairs around a Christmas table, the dishes never taken out from stacks within the cupboard, the tupperware needed to hold the ample leftovers that mark amounts of uneaten food in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Wind

Posted on December 27, 2004 by Susan

The wind is in a jealous roar tonight, scraping at the earth with quick blue fingers to find a grip, a place to settle in.  Raising swipes of cold crisp snowflakes from their layered sleep, his fury leaves a swirling … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Reading List

Posted on December 27, 2004 by Susan

UPDATE:  With spare time on my hands and an itchy trigger finger on the buy button, I’ve just added these to my list: Stiff:  The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach Godel, Escher, Bach:  An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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