Interview with The Rule of the Games
I was recently interviewed by Alessandro Arena-DeRosa of The Rule of the Games, check out the article write up and/or full audio of the...
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...
Purloin the Golden Egg
The study I just finished reading concluded that a game became harder when the difficulty level of that game was increased. I am trying...
Gotta Catch 'em All: Business Cards
Going through my deck of collected business cards this morning to compose a shortlist of candidates to be my external advisor (for my...
Remain Wary of Assumptions
From the California State University Dominguez Hills "Guide to Writing and Research in the Humanities": "Every time we write we employ a...
DiGRA Japan Conference 2013, Pre-conference dayin Kyushu
#acecombatzero #conference #digrajapan #game #gamedesign #gamedevelopment #gamestudiescurrently #gradschoollife #japangamestudies...
Yes, I want to actually write a thesis someday
In my lab every graduating season, there appears to be a custom of placing the graduating PhD candidate's thesis near the daily newspaper...
Japanese Draft
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...
Fridays are the best days to be in Lab, apparently
Newly-noticed trend: Of course, it is always good practice to be present in one's own laboratory. But it is becoming gradually more...
New Years Eve 2012 -or- Who's still working?
Left the lab today at about 6pm. When I reached the top of the small hill behind the Information Science Building, out of curiosity, I...