If only physical travel was as easy (and cost effective) as virtual travel: Games Studies/Film Theory Event, London, November 2007 Computer Game Analysis, Film Theory and the Future of Screen Studies November 9th 2007 10 am – 4 pm Elvin Hall Institute Of Education, University of London London WC1H 0AL, UK At this one-day seminarContinue reading “If Only..”
Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau
Context Specific Meaning
As a side note related to the earlier post on site specific art, I have been thinking about the difference between site specificity and context specificity. One of the ideas behind the ‘in situ’ movement is that outside of the site, the art looses its meaning – or at least meaning weakens (this, of course,Continue reading “Context Specific Meaning”
This Week’s Reading
On the reading list for my “cinema mobile” class this week: Lev Manovich’s “The Screen and The User” from The Language of New Media as well as Oliver Grau’s “Intermedia Stages of Virtual Reality in the Twentieth Century: Art as Inspiration of Evolving Media” from Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion
The Printed Word
It is already October – I cannot believe how time flies! The weather is still fantastic for this time of the year – a balmy 23 degrees celcius and sunny. But still, one has to work regardless of how nice the weather is. On that note – the RCCS Book Review I did on Galloway’sContinue reading “The Printed Word”
Site Specific Art & Games
Which is my translation from the french term ‘l’art in situ’. After attending a very interesting lecture on site specific and site dependent art forms such as monuments and gallery work, I started thinking about video games and play. The general idea behind this art type is that there is a relationship between the artContinue reading “Site Specific Art & Games”
A Week in Reading (& Work)
After a good birthday weekend, it is time to get back into work as the semester kicks in. On the reading list for this week is Francesco Casetti’s Theory, Post-theory, Neo-theories: Changes in Discourses, Changes in Objects (in the Journal Cinemas, XVII, 2-3, July 9, 2007: 33-44). This reading follows the talk he gave lastContinue reading “A Week in Reading (& Work)”
Every Girl Needs a Little Space
After much ballyhoo’in about increasing my need for more hard drive space (i am so ashamed of what I currently have, I will not divulge my current digital storage capacity), I am happy to say that my first birthday present this year (given to me by my great bf) is a nice 500g external hard drive –Continue reading “Every Girl Needs a Little Space”
Thesis News
I have had an offer to publish my Master’s thesis (Pixels, Parts & Pieces: Constructing Digital Identity) by VDM Publishing. After much discussion and scrutiny over the contract, I am sending off the author contract today. Originally, they wanted to publish it as a ‘scientific volume’, but after reading it in full have decided thatContinue reading “Thesis News”
Jouer
Spring Edition of the journal “Intermedialites” (No. 9) – Jouer (click on the 9th image in to get a ToC) is a journal put together by the “Centre de Recherche sur l’Intermedialites” (please forgive my lack of accents). It has some good texts on play, fiction, narrative and other interesting Game Studies related topics. The website isContinue reading “Jouer”
Gaming for … pleasure?
As I am talking to a friend about her LoTRO experiences (her first mmo), I am nostalgic about my old EQ (and other mmo games that I have listed here more than once, so I won’t list them) days. So much of my research questions came out of those years/experiences, and value those times moreContinue reading “Gaming for … pleasure?”
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