cyborg anthropology
↑Kevin Warwick is not only “the first cyborg”, but even has an anthropologist attached: ↑Daniela Cerqui. I like that. Tnx to the people of my “Cyberpunk” seminar
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Yearly Archives: 2006
history repeating?
amok runs, killergames, and modding culture In the morning of 20 November 2006 the radio told me the sad news of yet another amok run in a German school. Although depressed by the fact, I couldn’t suppress a little Merlin’s … Continue reading →
fragged by speed
DigitalHawk’s jaw virtually dropped when Teh_Lamerer overtook him. He had been well on his way to that red armour, but now Teh_Lamerer got it. Hawk was aware that Teh_Lamerer since quite some time was in contact with that other culture, … Continue reading →
speeding up
Quite some time ago the things in my life seem to have decided on their own to hereafter occur at a blistering pace. Or is it just me getting older by the day and the world’s rest being reluctant to … Continue reading →
games and culture
There’s a new journal in the ‘hood, it’s called ↑Games and Culture: A journal of interactive media. The ↑complete inaugural issue is online, full-text accessible for free.
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wikipedia as a field medium—the case of the DeFRaG mod Still I am preoccupied with writing my article on “The playful appropriation of gamespace—From skilful playing to gamemodding and back again,” or so. A bit late, you may say, as … Continue reading →
clifford geertz (1926-2006)
To the Institute Community, I am very sorry to have to tell you of the sad news of the passing early this morning [30 October 2006] of Professor Emeritus Clifford Geertz. Cliff was founding professor of the School … Continue reading →
it really happened
Although all this ↑DeFRaG-screenshots showing the speeds I reached in ↑Q3A-gamespace by strafejumping document a part of the path of my personal immersion into the culture of trickjumping, I am perfectly aware that they start to get boring. But … Continue reading →
from play to knowledge
delayed access
Just another ‘little’ rant on economized politics reigning academia—skip it if you can’t stand it anymore. Last night I woke up around one o’clock in the morning and couldn’t find sleep again. So, in trying to catch up with … Continue reading →