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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Jane McGonigal: Reality is Broken
Jane McGonigal thinks reality is broken. Why else would so many of us escape it to play hours and hours of video games? But among all the media hype about theReality...
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The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done
On our vacation to Canada's maritime provinces, my husband and I embarked on a four day journey which has since become known as The Hardest Thing We've Ever Done...
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Teaching at Girl Develop It Ottawa's Kickoff Event
Girl Develop It: "Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it." It's exactly what the Ottawa community needs: a way to engage professional...
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Game Papers at SIGGRAPH 2011 (Part 2 of 2)
A previous post talked about two game paper presentations I saw at SIGGRAPH 2011. Here is part two with a summary of the second two talks.Evaluating gesture-based...
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Game Papers at SIGGRAPH 2011 (Part 1 of 2)
Following up on my general impressions of SIGGRAPH I wanted to write about a few of the games paper presentations I enjoyed seeing at the conference. I paid most...
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Techniques for Telling Nonlinear Stories
At the beginning of October, I'll be participating in a digital narrative workshop for the GRAND NCE called 'Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games.' The following...
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Impressions of SIGGRAPH 2011
Last week I was in Vancouver for this year's SIGGRAPH conference - not presenting, but as a lab trip. As the website says, the "conference and exhibition is aJamie...
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Our First Ultrasound (Technology is Awesome!)
I got my first ultrasound on Wednesday. Baby was 20 weeks old. I think the grandparents-to-be were more excited about the baby itself; we just might have been...
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Do I Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
Even though it's early, I have been starting to think about what I want to do when I graduate. Teaching is high up there is I can find a good local job doing it...
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A Techie's Vacation
My husband and I are taking a 3+ week vacation to the east coast of Canada this August, and because we're both computer geeks, there's no doubt we'll be lugging...
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Women and Going Beyond the Game
While it seems to me that many more women are playing traditionally "male" video games these days, there is also a group of women who go beyond the game in ways...
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Story in Board Games: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Imagine finding yourself in the front foyer of what is probably a haunted mansion with a few of your closest friends. There's no way out, since the front door is...
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Featured in 'Women In Tech You Need To Follow On Twitter '
On Friday evening, I was surprised to open my email after only a few hours and find that I had over 100 unread messages. For someone who almost always hasinbox...
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How Important is Interactive Storytelling in Educational Games?
Story in games. Something we seem to be trying for, but continue to struggle with. Perhaps it's even worse for educational games: we are told that narrative engages...
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So I Found this Great Learning Games Company...
Persistence pays off. Through a long chain of events
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Proof You Don't Need to Stick to Just MS Office for Arts and Social Science Students
My arts and social science students expected a relatively easy class that mostly taught them the ins and outs of Microsoft Office software. They were probablypushed...
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That Time in Grad School You Feel a Little Lost
Until you know exactly what your thesis project is going to be, it's easy to feel a little lost. Even if you know the kinds of things you want to do, but not exactly...
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L.A. Noire: A Great Story Despite Its Linearity
My mind has been occupied by narrative lately. I've been surveying literature about non-linear / interactive narrative and storytelling with the goal of eventually...
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Seeing Gaming in a New Light: Games for Change Festival 2011
I just got back from New York City for my first visit to the Games for Change Festival. In its eighth year, this year
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