Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau

Expressed Knowledge or Waste of Time? Throughout my 4 year undergraduate degree, 120 credits translating roughly into 40 different classes/subjects, I am lucky to have had at least half of them leave a significant mark on my knowledge pool. Perhaps this is why I am a tad resentful of a class I am taking thisContinue reading “Expressed Knowledge or Waste of Time? Throughou…”

Every Great Empire Must Fall Last summer I had taken a [great] poli sci course called Contemporary Global Politics. What I liked about this course was that it contextualized the current global politcal state into the wider historical picture of all documented political eras. From this grandiose spectrum, we can see long term patterns ofContinue reading “Every Great Empire Must Fall Last summer I had …”

/Rant On: The Blog Police It has been just under a year that i have been blogging, and therefore I will fully admit, that I am no expert on the subject. But over the time i have spent in this space, sharing my thoughts and insights, there has been discussion, comments and criticism as toContinue reading “/Rant On: The Blog Police It has been just unde…”

Reality Television, Foucault and Goffman Had a great guest speaker today in my Sociology of Media class today. A student currently working on their MA in sociology wrote a paper (that will be published soon – so i will not write too much about it!) on reality television and surveillance. He used Foucault’s theory ofContinue reading “Reality Television, Foucault and Goffman Had a …”

Authorship/Ownership: From Plato to EQ2 There have been a few recent debates over at Terra Nova concerning the topic of authorship and ownership of content in video games. With the recent Marvel/CoH case, one has to ask how much does one company own an idea when what they market are tangible items. In the caseContinue reading “Authorship/Ownership: From Plato to EQ2 There h…”

Get Gaming Pt. 2 Not all good reviews stand alone. Here is an academic review of the book I just mentioned. Just to keep it fair and balanced =)

Get Gaming: Experience for the Real World As James Paul Gee showed us in his book “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy“, there are alot of useful real life tools that a young player can take away from their gaming experience. Sashay had mentioned a book to me earlier thisContinue reading “Get Gaming: Experience for the Real World As Ja…”

Game fever A few years ago, had anyone said that the sales of video games could easily eclipse the box office draw of a major Hollywood blockbuster with big name stars, we would have laughed at them. We would have laughed, and we would have been wrong. According to Wired magazine, Microsoft is expecting toContinue reading “Game fever A few years ago, had anyone said tha…”

In the Spirit of Procrastination: Pt.2 Made some aesthetic changes to the blog. Figured if i was cleaning my digital home, why not repaint a few rooms. Hope you like it.

My Messy Documents In the spirit of procrastination, cleaning has always been my escape when I am supposed to be doing other, more important things. Sitting at my computer, where I was supposed to be working on any number of papers or abstracts, I looked in My Documents and realized that I have never cleanedContinue reading “My Messy Documents In the spirit of procrastina…”