ENGL 680M: New Media blogs

Long Time No Post Website Done

Mo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:04:54 -0500

Hey all,
I don't know if anyone is still active on the board or not (or if you have already begun ignoring your email for the holiday) but I finally finished my project yesterday. Peps seemed interested, and its the first thing that has really emerged on the web with my name attached to it that I feel positive ownership of... so I though, what they hey?! Post that mofo. Here you all are.... if I can find the web address...
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mreitmey/bookofshadows

Thanks for an excellent semester all,

Peace,

Final Random Comments

Jaci Wells — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:37:47 -0500

Before the semester officially ended, I wanted to get in a few final observations. Be forewarned: they’re pretty random.

Creating a video game≈playing a video game

Sarah Robbins and Second Life

wkzanders — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:33:43 -0500

Hey all. Since I am one of the first time visit only statistics in SL, I've been messaging with Sarah Robbins on Facebook about scheduling a meet up time in SL to wander around together. Sarah suggested that many of us could congregate in SL after the holiday at a scheduled time. Any interested parties and date/time suggestions?

Yeeeeesss...I love technology

Morgan S. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:18:10 -0500

...always and forever.

For this project, I have learned several new technologies: survey software (Qualtrics), GarageBand, iShowu, and iMovie.

I must say, I am quite proud of myself.

For the full song, check out the following link.

Wii-Hab? revisited

wkzanders — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:03:22 -0500

Hey there was an interesting article on Wii-Hab that my student made me aware of. Thought people might be interested.

Take my survey!

Morgan S. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:44:57 -0500

Hey everyone!

I would like to invite you to take my survey. We can discuss the results--and, more importantly, what they mean--during Friday's showcase!

New Media Survey

Party like a Rock Star

Jaci Wells — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:47:25 -0500

We've talked this semester about Guitar Hero, but I wanted to add another, similar game to the list: Rock Star. I had never even heard of the game, but a few days ago, I had the beautiful opportunity to witness it in action. For those of you who aren't familiar, it's actually pretty similar to Guitar Hero, but it's a multiple-player game; one person sings, another plays guitar, and a third person plays the drums (I think there can also be a bass player for a total of four people playing the game at once).

The xbox has a play timer?

wkzanders — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:11:30 -0500

Apparently there is a new feature on the xbox that limits a child's (or whoever is playing it) play time. After seeing how much we played Legend of Zelda and Mario Brothers on the 8-bit, my mother implemented a new house rule requiring us to read an equivalent amount of time to our game play. That rule lasted for a few months, but it is an interesting point about perspectives on the "worth" of gaming v. more traditionally accepted forms of intellectual development.

Flash Based Guitar Hero: Mucho Addictive

pepper — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:56:48 -0500

Here's a totally passable, Flash based verision of Guitar Hero so you can get your fix if you don't happen to be near the Playstation, X-box, Wii of your choice.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Shinki/super-crazy-guitar-maniac-deluxe-...

It's played with the arrow keys and A, S, D. The songs are from complete unknowns due to copyright issues, but they're not completely horrible. It does make the game harder though, cause knowing the song well helps you get into the rhythmn.

Sweet Moolah in Second Life

Morgan S. — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:16:28 -0500

Here's another (pretty interesting) article about making money in Second Life, from Wired.