Panel 1: The Horror Video Game: historical, narrative, and generic aspects The sessions I made it to yesterday was very interesting, as one of my colleagues, Dominic Arsenault (Introduction à la pragmatique des effets génériques: l’horreur dans tous ses états) presented on the evolution of genres; talking about and demonstrating both our need/desire to categorizeContinue reading “Thinking After Dark: Day One”
Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau
Conference In the City: Thinking After Dark
I always love conferences. A place where you can go and be fully immersed for two or three days (sometimes longer) in a limited subject with the same group of people. Most of my conference experience has been outside my home city – Montreal, and come to think about it, I think I prefer itContinue reading “Conference In the City: Thinking After Dark”
/Rant On
RE: Online streams of TV shows blocked I understand (some) of the underlying reasons about why American channels cannot (or will not) stream previously aired tv shows to Canadian IP addresses – but sheesh – we pay for American channels on our cable (since there is actually VERY LITTLE choice otherwise), so – in myContinue reading “/Rant On”
Professional Identity
I have been working on the same stream of research on identity and video games over the last five years. My argument has been relatively consistent over the years, with a few flaws here and there as to be expected. Regardless, my goal has always been the same – to decentralize the concept of identityContinue reading “Professional Identity”
Holiday Weekend Sword Play
Just a quick note – this weekend, I was sitting in my kitchen when I noticed out my back window 2 kids with huge duct tape & foam swords (one massive sword and another massive axe). They ran up and down the alleyway swinging their swords at each other yelling “on guard”. Shortly afterwards, IContinue reading “Holiday Weekend Sword Play”
Step in the Right Direction
I am two pages shy of submitting my dissertation proposal. It seems like forever that I have been working on it – falling in and out of love with my research topic and direction – being this close to finalizing it feels right. I know that there will inevitably be feedback from my advisor andContinue reading “Step in the Right Direction”
That Sinking Feeling
A feeling that, as an academic, happens every once in a while when you are scouring the literature on your research topic, when you stumble upon that title that both excites you and makes your heart sink. The title that says “hi kelly, your thesis has already been written by somebody else, move along”. IContinue reading “That Sinking Feeling”
Thinking: The Hidden Work
As I sit here, trying to work through yet another draft of my PhD Proposal, I have been struck with a sense of guilt that I hadn’t “done” anything all day. But when I stop and take a minute to think about what I have been doing, I realize that I haven’t done “nothing”, butContinue reading “Thinking: The Hidden Work”
The Path
I have never been much of a player of horror video games, but thanks to a good friend of mine, I have found one that I absolutely adore, and can’t quite seem to get enough of. The Path is … a short horror game inspired by older versions of Little Red Ridinghood, set in modernContinue reading “The Path”
Plagiarism and Patents
Throughout my academic career, the question of plagiarism has always been at the forefront of my mind. Many conversations have been had over the years about what constitutes an “original” idea, and what ideas are merely a result of some form of intellectual ‘mash-up’ of books read, stories heard and other intellectual conversations. It hasContinue reading “Plagiarism and Patents”
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