The Dispossessed
I'm reading Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed and am fascinated by the portrait of the three societies in the novel. An interesting side note is that my copy of the…
Interaction Design
I'm reading an interesting book by Janet Murray called Inventing the Medium: Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice. She is articulating things that I've thought for a long…
Magical Thinking
You probably haven't noticed that I've been away for awhile. But I have. In fact, this is my first post of 2012. I have no excuse other than to say…
Games and Lessons for Life
I am a sucker for stories about the relationship between games and life. When I was a graduate student, a story in the Tallahassee Democrat about the life of Warrick…
Original Research–Good or Bad?
I recently rewatched Julia, the 1977 film starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based on a chapter in Lillian Hellman's memoir, Pentimento: A Book of Portraits. That chapter tells…
The Post In Which I Get Philosophical
Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am an agnostic. So it might be a surprise to learn that this post was inspired by a sign on a church. …
Human Pain
I've been watching Battlestar Galatica on DVD. One of the roles of science fiction, I think, is to raise controversial issues, to help us understand what it means to be…
Philosophy of Jokes
On Word of Mouth today on NHPR, I heard an interview with Jim Holt, the author of Stop Me if You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. His…
Adventures in Time or Why I’m Freaked Out by FaceBook
Because so many of my friends are completely addicted to FaceBook (and threatening not to be friends with me anymore), I decided to join two days ago (less than 36…
The Real No Longer Exists
We went to Alpine Adventures in Lincoln, NH yesterday with a group of friends to ride the ziplines that they have set up in the woods on Barron Mountain. We…
Interdisciplinarity?
Ian Bogost's keynote presentation at this year's Game Developer's conference is about the notion of interdisciplinarity. Interesting stuff.
