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Cards as a Meditation…
Perhaps I’ve simply listened to too much Sting as of late. But my meditation has, as it often has of late, settled on the game, the geometry of chance. I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money…
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Live from SEIGE: DRM, Region Lockout, Format Wars, …
Last night’s plenary session seemed to set the benchmark for talking about the state of the videogame industry more broadly, but also in the state of GA. In part, that is what has made the conference so far a particularly interesting one it demonstrates the kinds of intersections that occur between local activity and creative…
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(Mo)bile Blogging SEIGE in ATL
Andrea and I will be heading down to Atlanta tomorrow for SEIGE at the Marrietta Hyatt. It should be a great introduction for me (and those students of mine in NMIX 4200 who are planning to head down for the event) to the GA game development scene. What I’m hoping to find is a new…
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New Grady Faculty Coverage
Ah, gotta love it when you get coverage on places other than where you write about yourself. I sent this link out to family, which was nice, because it gave them a sense of both what I’m up to, as well as how the university thinks about how I fit into the department.
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Why Isn’t There an App Store for My Mac?
I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, despite the plethora of random crap that has shown up on the iTunes App Store, the ability to go to one place and search for applications has a certain appeal. It got me to thinking more generally about the App Store and digital distribution more generally. Between…
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“Monopolies” Require Distinguishment
One of the most arduous tasks in moving in the US invariably seems to be broadband setup. Ever since my first experience with US West/Qwest in Des Moines back in 1998 setting up DSL, it is a process I dread. One would that in a decade things had improved. My two experiences in Troy, NY…
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Who toss(?) the totr…
Who toss(?) the totra(?). listen I’m actually impressed by Jott’s inability to translate this one. 🙂 I mean, who does toss the totr? The amusing thing is that I Jott’ed, “Who tows the tow-truck?” As we were driving down Powered by Jott
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Just passed the Wal-Mart…
Just passed the Wal-Mart Distribution Center South(?) at Harrisonburg, Virginia. listen Powered by Jott
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Utterz: Dueling Mustangs
While driving today I saw the following, it amused me. Mobile post sent by caseyodonnell using Utterz. Replies. mp3
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I didn’t know that August…
The following started off as a Jott post from on the road. It’s a little amusing that the word it didn’t identify makes for a funny liitle game. 🙂 — I didn’t know that August 2nd was such a ____ travel day. listen Powered by Jott