Author Archives: Kelly Boudreau

Advertising within video games The answer to advertisers’ sagging return-on-investment from television and print? If you believe this Yankee Group article, marketers are setting their sites on video games. Is there no sacred ad-free space left in our consumerist world that someone won’t sell out on?

Computers: A Family Evolution I went to a public seminar at gameCODE yesterday afternoon which addressed results from an ethnographic study on internet usage for kids between the ages of 7-17 (might be a little off on the age range) For the most part, the quotes used from the children to make her point aboutContinue reading “Computers: A Family Evolution I went to a publi…”

Another Way of Looking at Multi-Tasking As a woman who played massively multi user online role playing games while raising a family, I had no choice but to multi-task – you know, cast a heal, run downstairs to turn the dryer on and run back up in time to cast another heal while my fellowContinue reading “Another Way of Looking at Multi-Tasking As a wo…”

How do you spell relief? After much hard work – thank you sashay for all of your guidance and advice – my presentation has been delivered to rave reviews. The slides worked well, and the content was well received and like most things i work on, there is room for about 5 more papers stemmingContinue reading “How do you spell relief? After much hard work -…”

Procrastination or Inspiration? I have never been one for oral presentations, and so it is normal that i am stressed about delivering the state of my current research. In this light, while i should be dotting i’s and crossing t’s, i have been thinking about my research overall – the virtual book in my mindContinue reading “Procrastination or Inspiration? I have never be…”

Alter Ego: Pixels & Pores (cross posted with gamecode) The idea of people creating their avatars as representations or escape of self is something that i have been exploring throughout my avatar work over the last year.There is currently an exposition running at a gallery in england that shows pictures pf players and their avatars,Continue reading “Alter Ego: Pixels & Pores (cross posted with ga…”

How un-feminist of me The tides of internal struggle between wanting to push forward and read everything out there ever written (…well, as far as my interest would carry me) and the internal desire to stay at home, and raise my children while being supported handsomely by my everloving mate for life – well, itsContinue reading “How un-feminist of me The tides of internal str…”

Just Fun & Games? A friend sent me this link today. Serious games are a growing part of the video game industry, definitely something worth looking at. The following is their purpose statement: The goal of this site is to catalog the growing number of video and computer games whose primary purpose is something otherContinue reading “Just Fun & Games? A friend sent me this link to…”

A Great Day for Radio Earlier this summer, I had posted about an online radio station that i LOVED going off the air (online). Well, scrolling through my list of available stations today via Media Player, it seems that they have been able to get some funding and are back online! =) I am aContinue reading “A Great Day for Radio Earlier this summer, I ha…”

Natural versus artificial fear? I’m taking a course this semester on the Sociology of Fear and Risk. To start the framing for that topic later in the semester, I’m currently learning about the constructionist argument for the role of emotionin individuals and society. If I attempt to boil down the entire argument to a fewContinue reading “Natural versus artificial fear? I’m taking a co…”