2010
Toying with Transmedia: The Future of Entertainment is Child’s Play | MIT World
by sbrothier
“Popular culture demands more of us and our children than most of the classics ever did. In Pokémon, each character has antagonisms, friendships, powers, weaknesses, multiple states of being. It’s more complex than the periodic table. And schools say our kids can’t learn 12 Greek gods. This is what they’re learning on the playground. ”
Henry Jenkins
2006
we make money not art: First Person Paradoxes: The Logic of War in Computer Games
by Riduidel
Un article très intéressant sur la distorsion de la réalité dans les FPS, c'est-à-dire le fait qu'aussi "vraissemblables" soient-ils, on ne revit pas les affres de l'attente du combat, ni son absurdité. Pour un joueur occasionnel comme moi, c'est tr
Breakouts
by jasontromm
If all goes as expected at this Sunday’s Academy Awards, Brokeback Mountain will win in the “Best Picture,” “Best Director,” and perhaps even “Best Actor” categories. Even if it doesn’t do as well as expected, the film is already being hailed as a “breakout” event, a kind of cultural watershed of sorts—which it almost certainly is not.
2005
I-Mockery.com - Mocking pop culture and whatever else we can get our grubby hands on.
by AdverseE & 1 other
A great website that makes fun of many things out there.
Game skills pay off in real life ■MercuryNews.com | 05/10/2005 |
by wyliej
RESEARCH FINDS BENEFITS OF VIDEO GAMES IN UNEXPECTED AREAS
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