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Author Archives: Susan
NEW MEDIA: Video Gaming as Escape
In a post sometime last week, I blithely wrote something about fantasy and feeling sorry for those among us (certainly not me, Willie!) who don’t indulge. But reference was made to the opportunity video games offer those with less creative … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY: Society at a Crossroads
Let me take a break from New Media video games for a moment to have a turn at something that’s pushed MY buttons instead. Just read an article about a student who is possibly facing disciplinary action due to an … Continue reading Continue reading
NEW MEDIA: Video Gaming Narrative and User Interaction
As mentioned previously, video games are usually based on a linear narrative structure, but one that is immeasurable in time due to where the user takes the story. There is also the possibility, of course, that many games may have … Continue reading Continue reading
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NEW MEDIA: Video Gaming Time Space
One of the most unusual aspects of video games is the manufacture-as-you-go time element. Diagetic space is not a set item, is practically an unknown as the characters are moved within it to complete their mission. I can’t say with … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY: Making Time
If I could, I would. Create time rather than maneuver within it or manipulate it as much as I can within its given space. I have been up since 3 a.m., and am bouncing between whittling down my laptop purchase … Continue reading Continue reading
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NEW MEDIA: Video Games as Social Modifier
One of the benefits of being introduced to video games in group play is the ability to note the social aspects of the activity. Normally, I think I am a nice person, willing to share toys, thinking of other people’s … Continue reading Continue reading
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NEW MEDIA: Video Gaming as Fun
Sometimes the best way to tackle this is just to sit down and start writing, so while this series on video games may not be as eloquent as time and more thought to sentence structure might permit, it will no … Continue reading Continue reading
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TECHNOLOGY: Video Games
ooh! ooh! ooh! I’m so excited! I’ve so very much to tell you but I’m very tired as well, but tomorrow morning I’ll reveal how I have finally entered the world of video gaming and though I made a danged … Continue reading Continue reading
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TECHNOLOGY: Computer Shopping
I have now spent more time and cost in printing out laptop specs than for anything I’ve ever purchased before. I have mainly stuck with four brands, two processors, a minimum ram memory, O/S, screen width, graphics card, DVD/CD RW … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY: In Words on Woods
There was a deep suspicion of what the notices would say; a big red flyer tacked to the tree across the street. But I put off finding reason to go read it, knowing that at least with no photo showing … Continue reading Continue reading
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NEW MEDIA & REALITY: Forking Paths
How different then, are memories from our fantasies, or can they all be considered of the same caliber but different levels in the past. Once over, they each are just as real because they do not exist in present time … Continue reading Continue reading
NEW MEDIA & REALITY: Cubicle Man III
Somehow he knew it’d be his last great golden moment. With an engineer’s precision he measured out the lemon pepper into his ginger ale. It didn’t fizzle up as he’d expected, but the flecks of black spice floated on the … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY & WRITING: Transitioning
I think I need to get back in touch with the darker side of me… You know, the one that laughs at pratfalls and people walking into poles. Okay, a little deeper then, the one who plays with minds as … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING: Morning Muse
My morning muse is hiking through the convolutions of my brain, but with a strange message even I don’t understand… There was a time when Jim and me Used to talk more openly Giggling as we chased each other’s flashlights … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY & NEW MEDIA: Good Stuff
Lotsa stuff to talk about; like finishing Scott McCloud’s "Understanding Comics," which honest, like everything else in this course it seems to cover all forms of narrative and creativity, as well as life itself; watched "Pulp Fiction" finally all the … Continue reading Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology