De-Link-Quent
Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 2:40PM In this post I play catch up as usual. Both my academic and artistic colleagues have been active on the web lately, and the result is a pleasant accumulation of new stuff. After the jump you'll find the details as well as some random visual goodness.
First off, a few noteworthy updates have occurred in the games and learning world since I stopped posting regularly back in April. The Games+Learning+Society website has been redesigned and the new site went live a little before GLS 6.0. I'm personally anticipating some cool content updates in the not too distant future. In related news, Seann Dikkers, Eric Zimmerman, Kurt Squire, Constance Steinkuehler (and assorted others's) book Real Time Research: Improvisational Game Scholarship which chronicles RTR work that took place at two GLS conferences and GDC between 2008 and 2009 was recently released by ETC Press.
We interrupt this content about games and learning to bring you this awesome pic. by J.J. Kirby (a.k.a. Kirby Wonder) which can be found over at Jollyboy Sessions (linked to the image). Jollyboy has also popped up while I've been away, and the crew over there has been serving up regular helpings of freshness on the interwebz.
Additionally since I last blogged I connected with the guys over at Nerdcore Learning. Although it's out of stock right now, I'd be remiss to not promote their trading card style game for learning about infectious diseases The Healing Blade. Also in the world of healthcare and games and learning, Eric Bauman's Games & Simulation for Healthcare site which I blogged about previously has been moved to a new URL and fortified with a blog.
Finally over in dissertation land, my fellow games and learning/virtual worlds researcher Dr. Mark Chen also completed and defended his dissertation over the course of the summer. In a move much bolder than any I would make myself, Mark has actually posted his defense to YouTube. I haven't had the time to watch the whole thing, but imho Mark's choice to record and post his defense (and his committee's willingness to go along with it) represents the sort of positive changes in academia that current gen. digital media can make possible.
Meanwhile, over on the musical side there's also a bunch of new content available online. First off, lab master Alan Karalian over at the Crypticon sent me the message not too long ago that our dear friend, the late great Joel Starr's epic first post mortem album Interstellar Mode is now available in the iTunes store. I referenced this album when blogging about rhythm games and space operas, and I have to say again that Joel was a musical mind ahead of his time, and he is sorely missed by all of us who knew him. Additionally Crypticon Studios has also recently dropped the epic apocalyptic concept album Battle Plan of New Angeles (on which yours truly makes a few appearances). I encourage you to follow both links, check out the tracks, and if you like 'em buy 'em!
Finally while I was out, the Coppercat website also got a new look. This is a little self promotional since nearly all of my musical work as Moses Operandi is done in conjunction with Jeremy (The Coppercat) Richardson, but I actually wanted to highlight the changes to his website for a specific reason. Along with the new look, Jeremy's been conducting Coppercat exclusive interviews that he calls Musical Genius of the Day. You can find his most recent one with Eva Irwin (a.k.a. Moody Eva) here.
Reader Comments (2)
Hi Moses,
Since I know Victor, and since he has included me on his updates email list, I thought I would check out your blog. What absolutely fun and creative work you're doing! Nice to meet you. Levonne
Along with the new look, Jeremy's been conducting Coppercat exclusive interviews that he calls Musical Genius of the Day. You can find his most recent one with Eva Irwin (a.k.a. Moody Eva) here.
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