So this post is overdue, and in the interest of just giving an update, I’ll write quickly. I went to Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) in early July. Saw a lot of people. Robin joined me for part of it, and we shopped for toys and nail polish together, sometimes with Cynthia D’Angelo. We went … Continue reading Computer Supported Collaborative Learning July 4-8, 2011 in Hong Kong
Besides the notes from below, GLS was also about brats, beer, ice cream, short shorts, frat jocks with jean chaps, and the metagame. And tons of friends. This year we sorely missed Julian Dibbell and/or Lisa Nakamura, presenting to us something on griefing, trolls, gold farmers, subversion, etc. 🙁 Keynote 1: GAMES ARE NOT GOOD … Continue reading Games Learning Society 7 Rapid-fire Notes
I’ll be in three sessions next week at Games Learning Society conference next week. Two of them are fireside chats with others: Big Debate: Are Online Games Building or Destroying Community? And How Mangled Is It?Wednesday, June 15, 2:00–3:00, Capitol View Writing the Games-Based DissertationThursday, June 16, 2:00–3:00, Capitol View The third is a Hall of Fail presentation about … Continue reading My talks/chats at Games Learning Society 7
Last week I went to Long Beach, CA for the Digital Media and Learning conference. It was great meeting a ton of people (too many to list, sorry), sharing a room with Moses Wolfenstein and Sean Duncan, having breakfast with fellow DML Summer Institute people, getting dinner with fellow Terror Novans, and seeing demos of … Continue reading Digital Media and Learning conference 2011
[PDF version of Mark’s CV] BOOKS In development. Editor. Esoteric gaming: Extreme player workarounds for the perfect game. 2012. Leet noobs: The life and death of an expert player group in World of Warcraft. New York: Peter Lang. BOOK CHAPTERS In development. Multi-player MUDs and MMORPGs. In J. Zagal & S. Deterding (Eds.), Role-playing game … Continue reading Writings
I guess a bullet list is easiest. Conferences for this year:
[Edit March 28, 2013: New website for Leet Noobs with excerpt and testimonials! ] [Edit Oct 6, 2012: I wrote a book! Leet Noobs: The Life and Death of an Expert Player Group in WoW! (Amazon link) It’s basically a major reediting with additional material thrown into the mix of my dissertation. One of the surprising … Continue reading Leet Noobs
So I was at the State of Play conference last week, which put me in New York City! Stayed with cousin Lee-kai on the west side. It was brilliant except that our busy schedules meant that we only actually hung out for like 3 hours total: a game of Race for the Galaxy when I … Continue reading New York last week
[ This is the first draft of a paper I wrote a year and a half ago. I attempted to create a version for the web. Not completely happy with the UI and interactivity (lack thereof) in this medium… Originally, I was thinking of writing two versions of all my papers, but I gotta say, … Continue reading Comm, Coord, and Cmrdrie in WoW
A lot has happened in the last few weeks: Yay! Sarah Walter and my abstract was accepted to the Association of Internet Researchers conference (IR10, Milwaukie, October 7-11). Here’s what we submitted: A Comparison of Collaboration across Two Game Contexts: Lord of the Rings Online and World of Warcraft To better understand the nature of … Continue reading The long rambly update… April 09 edition!