miscellany is the largest categoryjason rhodySecond Person- January 23, 2007 Another promising offering in the discussion of game fictions, role-playing, and computer games: Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin. I'm looking forward to reading this one, especially Jordan Mechner's...http://misc.wordherders.net/archives/006713.html A Companion to Digital Humanities- January 9, 2007 A Companion to Digital Humanities is now freely available online. Edited by Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth, this is an invaluable collection of essays and a wonderful resource for both research and in the classroom....http://misc.wordherders.net/archives/006665.html Zone of Influence- January 9, 2007 Matt Kirschenbaum has a new blog, Zone of Influence (zoi.wordherders.net), in which he talks about games and, specifically, board wargames. In his "Welcome" post, Matt describes these types of games as ... cardboard computers; they are instruments for modeling, prediction,...http://misc.wordherders.net/archives/006663.html Commenting- January 9, 2007 Commenting here has been quirky, so apologies if you're having trouble with it. For whatever reason, the computer I use seem to allow me to comment just fine, so troubleshooting has be problematic....http://misc.wordherders.net/archives/006664.html |