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Bonnie Thibodeau

Dante's 'Inferno' Makes A Hell Of A Video Game : NPR - 0 views

  • In the video game version, he's doing it all for love. Beatrice, a love from the real Dante's life, becomes the fictional Dante's reason for going to hell — he must rescue her from the clutches of Satan.
  • These plot twists are a far cry from the poem, which is woven with philosophical discussions and monologues about life and death.
  • Italian poet was trying to reach out to ordinary folks with his writing.
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  • maybe those Dante scholars just don't play video games.
  • impressed by the renderings of the river Styx
  • But he doesn't think you can really compare a game to a poem.
  • it's not a narrative in the way that a movie or a text or a work of literature is
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    I don't have much experience with video games (I still rock out with Sonic on my Sega Genesis), but this could be a gateway game for me. I love the concept of adapting and crossing lines of genres and mediums, but it's interesting to note some of the dramatic differences and losses that must take place in translation. In this example there are some real game changers (I'm not sorry for the pun) involving plot and narrative. It's as if Dante has suddenly been inspired by Mario and must save the princess from the castle. I wonder what the equivalent of Yoshi would look like in the 7th ring of Hell...
Sandy Baldwin

Ian Bogost - The Colbert Report - 2007-07-08 - Video Clip | Comedy Central - 1 views

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    Bogost talking with Stephen Colbert. Nation, this man believes video games aren't just for wasting time.
Bonnie Thibodeau

Google 'Zerg Rush' To Unlock A Delightfully Geeky Game (VIDEO) - 0 views

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    I know the semester has come to a close, but I still thought this was an interesting article that ties in with our last section on video games.
Jillian Swisher

How Does WikiLeaks Get Its Information? - CBS News Video - 0 views

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    This is an interesting video about the young army private, Bradley Manning, who willingly passed restricted military information about the Afghan and Iraq Wars as well as over 250,000 U.S. State Department cables to WikiLeaks. Manning had access to all of this information because of his position as a low-level intelligence analyst with the military in Iraq.
jessi lew

Video games can never be art - Roger Ebert's Journal - 1 views

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    Response to Kellee Santiago from Roger Ebert as he sticks to his guns claiming that video games still aren't art.
Sandy Baldwin

Kenneth Goldsmith reads poetry at White House Poetry Night - YouTube - 0 views

  • Kenneth Goldsmith reads poetry at White House Poetry Night
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      Hey class look at this wonderful video!!
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    A fun video of that madcap guy Kenny Goldsmith, reading three pomes about the Brooklyn Bridge, one by Whitman, one by Crane, and one by Kenny himself.
anonymous

MPAA: you can infringe copyright just by embedding a video - 0 views

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    A brief article that provides legal background info on the issue.
jessi lew

TEDxUSC - Kellee Santiago - 3/23/09 - YouTube - 0 views

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    Unique TED talk from Kellee Santiago who claims that Roger Ebert's claim that video games can't be art is wrong.
jessi lew

Latest Hijinks | The Yes Men - 0 views

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    This group is briefly mentioned in the chapter on Pranks in this week's reading. The fired game designer for the SIms helicopter game left and joined this group-- pretty much pranksters of an online nature. While it has little to do with video games, it has everything to do with ethos in an Internet age.
jessi lew

Are video games making kids fat? Screen time and childhood obesity. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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    This is the article I referenced in class regarding exercise....
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang

The $6 million Kickstarter watch - 0 views

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    While I'm not sure if anyone in this group would actually want to buy this, this watch connects with smart phones and continues to blur lines between genres of accessories
Mikenna Pierotti

A Day Made of Glass 2: Same Day. Expanded Corning Vision. - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is the second version of a promotional video made by specialty glass and ceramics company Corning Inc. I interned there in 2008. Seems to fit with a lot of McLuhan's ideas of technology becoming an extension of our bodies. I think my fingers would get sore. Also, if this is the future, would buy stock in Windex...
Eric Wardell

Marshall Mcluhan Full lecture: The medium is the message - 1977 part 1 v 3 - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is a video of Marshall Mcluhan discussing how the medium is the message in 1977. It's interesting to both see him and hear his voice while he talks about his opinions we've already discussed in his book.
Bonnie Thibodeau

Hike virtual trails - Cool Sites from The Kim Komando Radio Show® & Web site - 0 views

  • Nature Valley has taken a page from Google with this Street View-style site
  • Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone.
  • www.naturevalleytrailview.com
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    Nature Valley has definitely put a spin on what it means to explore the great outdoors. We've had a few conversations in class about the difference between reality and virtual reality. While I strongly argue that Watching a video or seeing pictures does not come close to first hand experience, sites like this are good for exploring places you might like to go or to remind you of favorite places you've been. It also makes me wonder if there's anything that Google doesn't dabble in.
Eric Wardell

Twouble with Twitters: SuperNews! - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is a short cartoon that satirizes the experience of using twitter to communicate. It has some funny phrases including when one friend inquires about people on twitter "who are they talking to?" the other friend responds "this is how we communicate now in bite sized yippity-yap!" Once the first friend becomes extremely cynical and essentially awakens the people in the "twitter-sphere" from a zombie-like slumber, the whole reality begins to crumble. As silly as it is, it says some interesting things about social networking and the public's perception of the different forms of communication.  Also, it's worth noting that the video was made prior to some of the Iranian and Egyptian conflicts in which twitter played such an important role in empowering the masses (but is it the opiate of the masses?).
Eric Wardell

The Death of MySpace: SuperNews! - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is another satirical look at what's going on online and how sites like myspace seem to be loosing relevancy. In some ways the video is actually a little disturbing, but it does at least partially bring into question what makes a good social networking site and what causes us to favor sites like facebook over sites like myspace. For instance, was myspace too customizable to the point that it left the user with too many choices and left visitors feeling out of place every time they visited a page that blasted music at them they didn't actually enjoy?
Benjamin Myers

Video: Inventing on Principle - 0 views

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    The previous post referenced in "Connect With Your Creation Through a Real-Time Editor"
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang

YouTube copyright lawsuit back on - 0 views

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    This is the latest on the Google/Viacom copyright issue over videos on youtube.
Jillian Swisher

The U.S.'s Weak Legal Case Against WikiLeaks - TIME - 0 views

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    This article (which mentions the Manning situation that is the focus of the video I posted earlier today) outlines the pros and cons of prosecuting Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks, for publishing and disseminating thousands of classified State Department cables on his site. The First Amendment is at the crux of this debate: "How do you draft a law that targets WikiLeaks but leaves intact our system of press freedoms?"
Jessica Murphy

Over 90% of Facebook Users Hate Having Photos of Them Posted Without Approval - 0 views

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    This title made me think, "Duh," but apparently 8% of survey participants thought that posting photos or videos of other people without consent should be illegal. One person said the issue "should be regarded the same as it is for printed materials." Another person pointed out that it's actually illegal to record people without their permission, but that photos/video taken in a public setting tend to fall under public domain. I usually create a private folder and then let the people in the photos review them and consent to my publishing them first. What do you think?
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