JET Programme Days Revisited
I pasted this video together back in 2004 after my first year as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme (Japan Exchange...
Graduate School vs. Guraduate School
Although I feel like this school is a hard fit for me, I am still proud to be a student at NAIST. We are ranked 1st in Japan for Science...
Skyrim: The Arrow/Knee Thing is True
As soon as Skyrim was released about a year ago, people wouldn't shut up about the whole "Arrow in the Knee" meme. Well, last night...
Localization Woes in Defenders of Texel
As DeNA's "Defenders of Texel" has a vestigal reliance on narrative for its composition, I reluctantly admit that my playing of this game...
Zagal: "Best in class may not be best for class"
Professor Jose Zagal raised a valid, if not sobering point recently that oftentimes students in Game Design courses are far too attached...
GDC 2013 Recap
This post shall be re-constructed in no particular order from my half-notes and reveried insights... March 26th: 1) Small insight: No...
Made it to GDC 2013
#trip #gdc
Odd Ramblings while en-route to GDC 2013
Am currently at a cafe in 学園前駅, waiting for the airport bus. Two senior citizens, both sitting in different places and not acquaintances...
Games are Utterly Awesome, but Why?
One of the hallmarks of good research is the demonstrable ability to navigate from Point A (which is the challenging of basic...
"Either/or" is a dead end
Margaret Mackey in "To Automaticity and Beyond: Narrative Interpretation in Game and Novel": "Interpreters of game and print fiction have...
