OK, I did it. I let myself be logged on to World of Warcraft (EU beta). Just to have a look, purely for research purposes, and with no intention of staying. Taking the form of a purple-haired female gnome I went for a bit of sight-seeing. There’s no denying that this world looks extremely stylish and it all feels awfully atmospheric (in a comic book kind of way). Whether or not it’s actually fun to play (casually) remains to be seen. But I think I’ll continue the wolf-slaying a bit once the actual game opens (late feb). See you there.
Tag: Computerspil
Being worthy
Read Lessig’s “They’re not worthy” comment in Wired.
Is anybody, I wonder, publishing lists of the (interesting) material that enters the public domain every new years eve…? Is anyone taking steps towards making some of it accessible, e.g. online…?
Dr. Klastrup’s dissertation
Lisbeth Klastrup’s dissertation “Towards a Poetics of Virtual Worlds: Multi-User Textuality and the Emergence of Story” was just put online. Get it while you can!
Origami unicorns
Prof. Henry Jenkins is visiting today and will be speaking at 16:15 under the heading Searching for the Origami Unicorn: The Matrix and Transmedia Storytelling.
Read more…
A rapid descent
As I write Huygens plunges towards Titan. Latest news is that “Huygens reaches ‘interface altitude’The ‘interface altitude’ is defined as 1270 kilometres above the surface of the moon where entry into Titan’s atmosphere takes place. “
Small pod, powerful forces. Good luck, little saucer.