Kelly Boudreau

Summer is Here : Sporadic Posting

Monday is my convocation ceremony, and to celebrate, my mother is coming to visit for a week. It will be the first time in 8 years that she has been to visit. We are excited for her to see our new condo, spend some leisurely summer afternoons on any number of Montreal’s great sidewalk terraces,Continue reading “Summer is Here : Sporadic Posting”

Summer Project

I was very happy when a yellow package arrived in my mailbox this morning containing the book Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture by Alexander R. Galloway that I will be reviewing for the Research Center for Cyberculture Studies. I am quite excited, as this is my first formal book review for an item within my ‘field’. Continue reading “Summer Project”

Quickie Review

If you liked the Grand Theft Auto series, for the missions and play style, and have a hankering for the life of a mobster, I suggest picking up The Godfather. Same play model, with a stronger storyline. Player actions are tied to the storyline in a more meaningful way and has the potential of alteringContinue reading “Quickie Review”

Thoughts Among Distractions

It isn’t that early in the morning, yet I am finding myself struggling with concentration. The air is heavy with humidity and sound travels clearly. Today is the trials for Montreal’s annual Formula 1 races, and all I can hear are the cars zooming around and around – the track is a good 10km awayContinue reading “Thoughts Among Distractions”

Video Games: Dreams & Memories

Over the last few months, I have had vivid dreams about playing games – mmo’s specifically, and even more specifically, some revamped version of EverQuest . The latest one, this morning, I was sitting in a small cubicle room (yet fair size for any actual library), logging into the game – navigating my avatar (oddly,Continue reading “Video Games: Dreams & Memories”

Women in Game …. Stores

*Please note that this is more of a rant than a coherent piece of writing. As strides are being made (or at least attempted) towards balancing out the male dominated world of video games (industry to players), I was reminded once more yesterday, that as a woman in a game store (EB Games to beContinue reading “Women in Game …. Stores”

Skipping Out

After reading the first few pages of Gibson’s Virtual Light, I am sad to say that I have to abandon the book for now. Reading (fiction) is a finicky ordeal for me. I have many books sitting on my shelves that looked interesting, but after reading the first chapter, I wasn’t pulled in enough toContinue reading “Skipping Out”

Playing with Aesthetics

Although I liked the crisp clean look of the template the site has adorned over the last few weeks (days maybe), I am still poking around for the template that does all that I want it to do and still looks like me, if I was a blog page of course.

Research Idea/More Ramblings

Just a quick note … I was thinking, perhaps it would be interesting to write a book of play(er) biographies – using the networked identity framework that I etched out in my MA Thesis. The whole point of my thesis was to introduce a framework – a tool – for researchers to use when thinkingContinue reading “Research Idea/More Ramblings”

Grrr Fiction, Onto the Next Book

I remember one of the reasons why I stopped reading fiction – besides having my time almost completely consumed by school work and theory. As I finished James Flint’s Habitus last night, I was left with this puzzled, nagging, unfinished feeling. I read through almost 600 pages of rich descriptions and complex ideas only toContinue reading “Grrr Fiction, Onto the Next Book”