games
World of Warcraft to be “dissected” in new book
Apparently, I’m not the only night-elf World of Warcraft playing academic out there. Recently it was announced that Anthropologist Bonnie Nardie will use her explorations documenting the differences between Americans and Chinese ways use and play the game as the basis for her new book, “My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account… »
The beauty of destruction ….
Flagging a few articles about gaming here for my own purposes:
1) “The beauty of destruction” — An article in Wired News. A great read about an affordance of video games to satisfy a guilty pleasure many have: watching things get smashed up. Destruction can be beautiful! Also a nice sidebar about music in… »