In Medias Resolution

"Unfortunately, Narrative in modern video games at large has always been a rather contentious topic in Game Studies. On the one hand, some have argued that the narratives of games have sufficient depth to be explicated, or that games in and of themselves (and between their players) constitute a kind of meta-narrative. In response to this, others have equally argued that narrative is incidental to the game medium, and/or that a game narrative cannot be meaningfully understood

"In a medium which often relies on interaction with the visually-overt, Gone Home is an intriguing example of a game narrative which is ideally expressed in terms of absence. It is this absence in the game which serves as the central quandary and is presumably the main task of the game--to find out what has become of your younger sister Samantha. In order to address that absence in a way that leads to the resolution of said quandary, the player tromps through the empty house

May 24th~26th, 2013 This was a joint conference between Ritsumeikan University RCGS and University of Alberta, Edmonton, and a wonderful, insightful experience as a whole. 1) During the lunch break, we went to check out the "Super Mario Experiment" which was a room filled with a bunch of old consoles from the 80s and 90s. This seems to be a common activity that has been present at every conference I have attended so far. In this photo, Shuo Xiong, my fellow game researcher fr

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やっと、3月の学会の日本語の第一の原稿はとりあえず終了である。まだネイティブチェックされていないけど。先生に出した際にめっちゃ恥ずかしかったわ。「ちっちゃな子供っぽい日本語で書いたらしいと見えるかな」って怖い。10年前の教えた播南の生徒が英語のレポート、宿題などを出した気分と同じだろう。 My Japanese draft for my upcoming conference in Kyushu is finally done. I stress the word "draft" because it is a first effort and I am really afraid that it sounds like it was written by a little kid. This must be how all my Japanese students felt when they turned in their essays and assignments. #acecombatzero #conference #digrajap

Accepted for presentation at the DiGRA Japan Conference to be held in Kyushu in March. This time around, my focus is frame narrative in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. What this means is that I will finally have the chance to try Hakata Ramen. #acecombatzero #accepted #conference #digrajapan #gradschoollife #institution #japangamestudies #masters #paper #research #researchers

Talking at length with the Associate Professor of our lab last night became a great wellspring of awesome, crazy, yet equally legitimate ideas. One idea in particular came together through this discussion which, if I am able to pull off with any workable degree of finesse, will be simultaneously the most audacious and effective thing I have ever produced academically. Yes, I am dying to tell you about it, but I'd rather show everyone once it is finished. And in stating as muc

DiGRA JAPAN (Digital Games Research Association) has announced their annual conference (March 4th~5th, 2013). This year it will be held in Kyushu. Therefore, it's Research/Ramen time! I'm all in. Deadline is Friday, December 14th! 2013年のDiGRA日本研究会の発表を出た(3月・4日～5日）。今回、九州でござる。したがって、研究とラーメンで頑張ろうで！僕は投稿するつもりだ。締め切りは、12月14日(金）！ #conference #digrajapan #gradschoollife #japangamestudies #masters #paper #rcgs #research #researchers

Holy crap. I just received a conference alert for a conference about the Apocalypse. Anything re: the End of the World is welcome, apparently. Here's a (slightly abridged) bit from the actual announcement: "Presentations,papers, performances, reports, work-in-progress, workshops and pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to (but not limited to) the following themes: Decline, Collapse, Decay, Disease, Mass Death Survivalism and Doomsday Preppers The Second Coming/Mill