I was raised in a fluently bilingual (French / English) home. I went to primary and Jr. High school in French, and took advanced French in High School and as my ‘second language’ in my first year of my Bachelor’s degree at the University of New Brunswick, where a second language was a graduating criteria.Continue reading “Working in Another Language”
Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau
Aqueduct
In support of the movement of being able to listen to a complete ablum before purchasing it, I highly recommend checking Aqueduct’s site – in which the current album is the soundtrack to the site, with fully functioning stop, pause and repeat functions.
Smoosh
I have sung their praises in a way earlier post – but after perusing my itunes – I am reminded how much I really enjoy these girls’ tuneage. The fact that they have released their second studio album by 12 & 14 respectively makes me happy that they might have some staying power with theirContinue reading “Smoosh”
(another) Video Game Documentary
Via Grand Text Auto: There is a 5 part series on the Discovery Channel called Rise of the Video Game. Although the first two parts have already aired – I am hoping to catch at least one part. I only hope that Discovery Channel’s programming is not country/region specific. *it seems to be so /sighContinue reading “(another) Video Game Documentary”
Holiday Music
As December is now upon us, I am happy to pass along a great link of holiday music … with a twist of course. WOXY.com has their annual holiday mixer running for the month of December. A great alternative to the traditional tunes, woxy offers holiday tunes with a punch. One of my favorite partsContinue reading “Holiday Music”
Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
Via Grand Text Auto, I found an open CFP for a new journal on computer game culture “Eludamos“. The next issue is set for February 2008. I am thinking it might actually be helpful to make a sidebar linking to game studies and game studies friendly journals. Here is Eludamos’ ‘about’ section; “ELUDAMOS is anContinue reading “Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture”
Hi, my name is …
Over the last few months, I have been in various positions that I had to explain what it is that I “do”. Sometimes I have had 10 minutes to tell those around me what my research ‘focus’ is, where I am coming from, and where I am (hoping?) to go; but at other times, itContinue reading “Hi, my name is …”
New Blogroll Additions
When you are pouring that morning coffee, or opening a mid-work break beer, check out the new Blogroll additions. Game Set Watch is a good spot to check out gaming reviews, industry news etc. West Karana: Role-Playing and Real Life is a nice personal blog around EQ2 among other things and finally, Interaction Culture isContinue reading “New Blogroll Additions”
Settling In
After a rocky first two months of my PhD program – on a personal level – I am quite happy to say that I am starting to feel something that resembles normalcy again. I was nervous to make the transition from Sociology, which at Concordia had a theoretically heavy program – to Film Studies, where I amContinue reading “Settling In”
e-Art
Went to see the e-Art exposition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts today. Most of it was interesting enough, but I was quite impressed with the work of Jim Campbell (specifically the LED “ambiguous icons” project) as well as the intricate piece by Philip Beesley entitled “Hylozolic Soil” – which is the breath-taking entryContinue reading “e-Art”
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