↑Daniel M. Russell works at Google and this is how he describes what he does there: ‘I study the way people search and research. I guess that makes me an anthropologist of search.’ Back in June this year he spoke … Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #51 Who is just arriving here? Simply leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave a comment’ at the end … Continue reading →
Just realized that there is only one single game, which is installed on all my current systems, the Windows-machine, the MacBook, and the smartphone: ‘↑Minecraft.’
Continue reading →My physical inbox today was graced by the presence of the newest issue (60/2012) of the ‘Berliner Blätter: Ethnographische und ethnologische Beiträge’ [Berlin leafs: Ethnographic and Anthropological Contributions], a German language anthropology journal. It bears the title: ‘Räume durch Bewegung: … Continue reading →
Last Tuesday the ↑Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH) was rebooted for the first time since the 1970s. For two and a half years volunteers had restaurated the machine, which was built in 1951, at Great Britain’s … Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #50 Who is checking the time on his fob watch? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave a … Continue reading →
The day before yesterday ↑CBS Films ↑announced that ↑Scott Derrickson, who directed e.g. ‘↑The Day the Earth Stood Still‘ (2008) [the remake, obviously], will direct a movie based on the ↑‘Deus Ex’ series of computer games, the latest installment, ‘↑Deus … Continue reading →
↑Steven ↑Levy, author of ‘↑Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution‘ (1984), among others, has written a comprehensive article, published at Wired, on the complex of problems comprising patents, the patent wars, and patent trolls. Along a suspenseful storyline, and by … Continue reading →
Players Unleashed is a thought provoking and well-argued reconstruction of the history of digital games and the role of player modifications to such artifacts. Focusing on the wide-ranging universe of mods for the best selling game The Sims, Sihvonen presents … Continue reading →