The Horde is Evil? Part 2
Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Carlos
Game Scholarship // 1 FeedbackI think I want to start out my analysis of Castronova’s claim that the Horde in WoW is evil, and therefore those who play Horde characters are engaging in ethical misdemeanors, by exploring whether there is a legitimate difference between acts we commit in our normal lives versus acts committed in a virtual environment such […]
The Horde is Evil? Part 1
Posted on June 28th, 2007 by Carlos
Game Scholarship // Have your say »Edward Castronova is kind of my hero. He’s the brains behind The Arden Project, the first MMORPG ever developed with academic purposes in mind, and he got a quarter-million-dollar grant from The MacArthur Foundation to do it. In short, he’s an accomplished academic who writes with intelligence, clarity and humanity, and who’s forging his career […]
Call for Papers: A Special Issue of _Aether_ Focusing on Game Geography
Posted on June 28th, 2007 by Carlos
Game Scholarship // Have your say »I was taking a look at TerraNova, a virtual environments blog/scholarly community, for a very different reason (on which I will be posting laster), but came across this cool call for papers. Think this is one I will be submitting to:
Aether, an online, peer-reviewed journal, invites submission of papers for a special issue focusing on […]
Your New Remote Control
Posted on June 25th, 2007 by Carlos
Hilarious Technology // Have your say »Courtesy of Wired magazine, I bring you the future. Apparently, we’ll all be wearing one of these in order to change channels.
Obviously, this technology is mostly cool and surprisingly advanced. It’s just funny that one of the things the scientists chose to do with this new device is to use it to change channels on […]
Agentquery.com: If you need an agent and don’t know anybody, start here.
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Carlos
For Writers // Have your say »Let’s face it: if you are trying to break into the writing business without connections, most likely you’re going to have a rough time. Almost to a one, publishing houses of any size and stature require you to have an agent before they will look at (and most likely reject) your manuscript. But getting an […]
Ralan–one of the best writer sites out there.
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Carlos
For Writers // Have your say »Really, you can just stop reading here and head over to Ralan.com. Just go and start reading. Really.
If you’re still here, you need more convincing. Fine. Ralan.com is, to my mind, the single best site for anyone interested in publishing science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, erotica, and/or humor, and if you’re interested in other genres, […]
Resources for Writers
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Carlos
For Writers // Have your say »So one of the reasons I want to keep a blog is purely selfish: I just want a quick place to gather all the Internet tools and resources I regularly use — all those sites and links and whatnot. And hey, if it turns out to be a public service to other writers, so be […]
Wink-wink, Nudge-nudge: But do you know what I mean?
Posted on June 21st, 2007 by Carlos
Books // Have your say »The One-Sentence Review: Winkie is a good first novel, but its author, Clifford Chase, will write better ones.
The More-Than-One-Sentence Review (SPOILERS!): The writing is solid: richly imagined, sensuous, modest and endearing. For readers like myself, writing this good is mostly what I need to get me through a book; readers like me will delight in […]
On pelting rams
Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Carlos
Culture, Books // Have your say »I read an editorial not too long ago that said that the profession of the book reviewer — that is, people who actually get paid to read and review books for newspapers and magazines — is dying out. Books just aren’t as relevant to the culture as T.V. and movies and video games and Web […]
