Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau

Soci 498 – Sociology of Digital Games: A reflection of the writing process, the field and canons of game studies I have just finished a massive amount of reading [4 books, 42 articles] in and around game studies, and am now trying to put it all together in the form of a lit. review. IContinue reading “Soci 498 – Sociology of Digital Games: A reflect…”

Internet Withdrawal For anyone who knows me, we are a well connected family – digitally that is. In our living space is a nice ‘family’ arrangement, running along two walls, so we can all sit together when we are off in our seperate directions in cyberspace. (which is quite often!) Don’t get me wrong, weContinue reading “Internet Withdrawal For anyone who knows me, we…”

The Question of Virtual Property in MMO’s There has been alot of discussion within the field of game studies about player ownership in mmorpg’s due to the effort and time a player puts into the growth of their character. [oversimplified of course] The argument runs something along the lines that players should own the virtualContinue reading “The Question of Virtual Property in MMO’s There…”

Identity, Passwords & Kids Earlier today, my daughter lost connection with her MSN messenger world. She has been ‘hacked’ as she told me. Upset that she could no longer log into her messenger, we tried to reset her password. No matter what we tried, we could not log in, continuously getting the same message thatContinue reading “Identity, Passwords & Kids Earlier today, my d…”

Growing up…again As a mother of a ‘on the brink’ of teen daughter, I have recently been suffering through all that awkward growing stages and unpopularity phases of girlhood all over again. No matter how stressed out I am over school work, what my future holds, rent and car troubles, i have to honestly say,Continue reading “Growing up…again As a mother of a ‘on the bri…”

Just when it seems to slow down… No matter how long I have been working on my abstract, last night was the usual rush of last minute edits and changing of ideas. Working on two abstracts was a bit more challenging than I had anticipated. Working in two languages was even more of a challenge.Continue reading “Just when it seems to slow down… No matter ho…”

Babbling Reflections As the semester winds down (well, not really since i still have an exam and three fair sized papers left to write) I have been thinking about what I have put on my plate, and how I have been approaching/dealing with it. I did not get an RA’ship this year because my profContinue reading “Babbling Reflections As the semester winds down…”

Procrastination & Productivity: Together at last Some would call it a distraction, some would call it innovative, either way you slice it, this new online thesaurus that I found (and subsequently purchased) lets me feel like I am having fun while being productive at the same time!

Immigration Issues I have a friend who has been in Canada for the past few years from Scotland. She moved here with her son to do her MA on something to do with Quebec Cinema. She was admitted into the country on a student visa for the duration of her studies. When her studies wereContinue reading “Immigration Issues I have a friend who has been…”

A Rainbow of Books Came across a post in a live journal (looks like so many blogs these days, someone draw me the line! heh) – where he talks about a bookstore that decided to categorize all of their books by color. It looks really cool! Check it out here.