Computerspil

Like Hell I lost, I was trying to feed the mushroom creatures!

Have you noticed that sometimes during video game play, players try to redefine the goals?
This can happen verbally or it can happen through actions as when a player starts shooting his team-mates for the heck of it.

Often, I think, it is related to certain future defeat. The losing player tries to redefine the goals to signal that he wasn’t really playing that game after all. When he loses, he will not really have lost.

Do you agree? Do you recognize the phenonenon?

Anyway, I wrote a brief section for my dissertation on the topic. Continue reading Like Hell I lost, I was trying to feed the mushroom creatures!

Star Craft television

If, like me, you’ve wondered how South Korean televised Star Craft actually looks, here is an example. It shows Lim Yo-Hwan take on another player on a custom-made map with inserted Pringles ads.
Not something I see often on Danish television, I must say.

How to write about girl gamers

Richard Cobbett delivers rather scathing observations on the old “Girls in Games” journalism template.

Via Game Politics

The public has spoken

There’s no longer doubt as to which of my Flickr photos draws the largest attention. There’s a lesson there somewhere.

Might we somehow combine games and the paranormal…? :-)

I think that you think that I think

Deadlines are looming. Which means I have a chapter on the relationship between game theory and video games. This chapter is longish.
But if anyone has an interest in this eternally fascinating topic I would love some critical comments. So let me know.
Here’s the brief summary of the chapter: Continue reading I think that you think that I think