Why do I want a PhD in Game Studies?
I had a Highlander-esque Quickening moment this morning while I was ruminating on why I am pursuing a PhD. I'm speaking in somewhat...
Grad Students and Robots
Recently, our lab received an iPresence remote telepresence robot to help out with class. Of course, we needed to learn how to use it...
PNG software engineer takes on the world from Japan
Here's a media article about my sempai at NAIST, Dr. Raula Kula (pictured here on the far left). I got to know him through many long and...
Nerf
I bought Nerf for the lab to relieve stress. My plan is that by the end of summer, we have enough guns for an outdoor nerf war....
How can you check for fun?
I was asked to prepare a very brief couple of slides on how to make games. As most of you know, you can't really distill that kind of...
A wealth of contributions
Neato advice: "You are a PhD candidate, so you should present a wealth of contributions." Roger. I don't know yet exactly how to do that,...
So, I had an MRI
Since about the end of April, I've had a constant headache every day. So, during Golden Week at the start of May I pretty much took it...
Thursday night arts and crafts
Went to Junes-erm, I mean, Aeon for some grocery shopping and managed to pick up some adhesive googly eyes... It begins. #fun...
Good Day, Weird Night
Today was a very fine day with a very bizarre and slightly disturbing ending. -Took the day off to go on solo walkabout in Osaka. -Got a...
Back on a war footing
I'd prefer not to eschew full sentences for bullet lists, but it already hit the fan and is everywhere: -Replaying Japan: 2nd Int'l Conf....