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.
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Tag: ITU
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.
Studying player collaboration
In the very near future I’ll begin work on studying the concrete social interaction of real people playing various types of multiplayer games (games with different patterns of collaboration). The project involves both qualitative interviews and structured observation.
There are many possibilites for (ITU) students to collaborate on this project, so if you are one or know one, with interests running in this direction, get in touch.
In glorious 3D
The recent earth-shattering (and server-crashing) news of Age of Empires III being in the advanced stages of development made me tackle the technicalities of encouraging the prequel to run on (through) my DSL. It was worth every bit of geekish tinkering.
Meet me on zone.com ye who dare (ask for Lord_Wumpus).
Interesting bucket of mixed emotions on the forums. Mainly the 3D extravanganza has a few people worried (me – and certainly my trusted laptop – included).
Playing with fire?
Forgot to mention that Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen’s and my report “Playing with Fire – How do computer games influence the player?” has been published by NORDICOM.