Kelly Boudreau

Research Presentation

Did my presentation yesterday, we presented alphabetically, so I was second… I was not as formally prepared as some of my colleagues, but I was quite happy with how it went. My goal (and inner argument) was that I should not have to ‘prepare’ something formal to tell people what my research is. I haveContinue reading “Research Presentation”

Research Directions (or ramblings)

I have to give a short presentation (10-12 minutes) tomorrow morning explaining my doctoral research topic. Piece of cake I thought when it was assigned. Now, the day before I have to ‘share’, I am lost in a tangled ball of yarn. It is not that I do not know what I am working towards,Continue reading “Research Directions (or ramblings)”

Elasticity of Time: Films & Games

I am taking a course that is taught jointly with the Sorbonne Paris 3 (as I mentioned in an earlier post) and we have been given our (only) assignment for the course. There are four sections of the course covering different topics. We are to pick one of the four topics and write a paperContinue reading “Elasticity of Time: Films & Games”

Rock Band

Perhaps a day late on this one, but we played Rock Band for a friend’s birthday party and it was a blast. I am happy to have not tried the drums – not actually singing into the mic (although I did not hesistate to be the loud singer in the crowd) but the game wasContinue reading “Rock Band”

Call Me Crazy

But I love my four distinct seasons here in Montreal Canada… I have always thought that each season was about as long as it needed to be. Summer is nice, but hot is hot, and here in the city, the humidity can take your breath away; which is one of the reasons I spend myContinue reading “Call Me Crazy”

Sound Distractions

While playing and researching video games has been my intellectual bread and butter over the last few years, I was taken a bit aback this morning how annoyingly repetitive game sounds are when you are not the one playing. No big secret really. But I really thought that since I had become accustomed to myContinue reading “Sound Distractions”

Mainstreaming WoW

As much as we all know that World of Warcraft has hit the mainstream gaming audience with a veneance given their record subscription numbers, over this holiday season (when I had a chance to watch way more television than a healthy adult should) I was a little taken aback (perhaps pleasantly, I am not sure) toContinue reading “Mainstreaming WoW”

A New Year

Looking at the calendar, I am amazed at how fast time flies. As the cliché goes, the older one gets, the faster time seems to go by. My oldest daughter (15) is starting to feel this and has recently asked me to explain it. Of course, I did my best to tell her about levelsContinue reading “A New Year”

If you can think it…

Then you can play. According to this Daily Planet article , we will soon be able to don a Darth Vader suit and merely think of what we want to do and voila! intergalactic mind-battle.

End of Semester, Holidays…

And other things that take me away from blogging. The last few weeks has been filled with alot of reading (re: my last post) and writing (I am supposed to be working on my last paper of the semester as we speak – it is due tomorrow!). Along with schoolwork, like most other people, IContinue reading “End of Semester, Holidays…”