During the upcoming winter term it is me who has to deliver the ‘Introduction to social and cultural anthropology’ lecture (anthro 101) at ↑my institute—I guess as a starter for the session on ↑economic anthropology I will use the 12 … Continue reading →
Like movies or novels, computer games are media. In accordance to the intentions of its authors, designers, and developers, a computer game mediates experiences to the players. The malleability and potential of the medium allows the mediation of a vast … Continue reading →
I was startled to hear the thundering of hooves. Having lived near Armonk, NY all my life, I had never heard such a sound before. “What is that horrible sound?” “That is the sound of the … Continue reading →
The ↑Mana’o Project is “an experimental open access anthropology repository.” It is just some months old, but there already are items as far back as 1891, including some classics. Of course the frequency of items gets bigger and bigger as … Continue reading →
After his brilliant “From Pong to Planet Quake: Post-industrial transitions from leisure to work” (↵2003) ↑Hector Postigo has published an already promised piece plus has yet another one on the topic in the pipeline: POSTIGO, HECTOR. 2007. Of mods and … Continue reading →
the day ↑DRM went down on its knees again As far as I understand the matter, it now is possible to decrypt the contents of ↑HD DVD and ↑Blu-ray Discs, because for both the same root/master key is used. For … Continue reading →
Technological politics and the networked PC However, the best illustration of the kind of positive cultural politics envisaged here concerns the culture of game modification. Games players write and exchange ‘mods’—modifications to games programs that include new twists of storyline … Continue reading →
computergame violence as a result of economical competition Media coverage on the amok run in Emsdetten on 20 November 2006 already dwindles away, but the discussion on computergames is going on—and I direly hope that it will go on for … Continue reading →
The New York Times’ David Barboza has written an article on chinese gold farms, called ↑Boring Game? Hire a player which is available online via the International Herald Tribune: FUZHOU, China One of China’s newest factories operates here in the … Continue reading →
The so-called big coalition between Germany’s major parties, the ↑SPD and the ↑CDU/↑CSU has published its freshly minted ↑coalition agreement [in German | .pdf | 619KB]. ↑2R ↑points us to the agreement’s line 5147 [in the vicinity of which the … Continue reading →