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Slashdot for you and me

Bad news for all the people trying to separate geekness from gaming (that's not me): Slashdot has a new flavor, Slashdot Games.

Stuart Dennett's blog

I take for granted that all ludology.org readers read gamegirladvance (if you don't, well, you probably are some obscure academic who's trying to grab some game-related grant but never played anything but Myst :P

That's why I usually don't want to re-post stuff that has already been discussed at gga (even if sometimes it's hard because it seems we have many sources in common). Anyway, today it's one of those exceptions, and I am happy to re-report on Stuart Dennett's new blog on Virtual environments, haptics and ludology.

DIGRA's blog

DIGRA has a blog! Finally, now I will be able to check academic CFP and conference dates in other place rather than ludology.org ;)

1,2,3 = E3

Starting up a game studio is an exhausting process. I know it's obvious, everybody says so, but still it's the first time it happens to me. I'm tired. Best cure for being tired? Jumping into an airplane, a 9 hour flight (+6 hours in several stopovers) and landing into LA. Today I made a decision: what the hell! I am going to E3. I couldn't make it to GDC this year, well, E3 should do it. 3 days of exhausting E3ness will cure my exhaustion (if it doesn't, at least I will be able to check out a lot of cool games).

rSo, if anybody out there will be attending, drop me a line and we'll have some beers in LA. I may be in need of roommate, too (darn! Those hotel bills surely are expensive). Anyway, those are the good news. Obviously, you should expect some E3 coverage on the blog, just like last year's.

Flyguy

The level of discussion at the GAMESNETWORK list is sometimes encouraging, sometimes despicable, sometimes enlightening (doh, it's a mail list after all, what would you expect?).

rBut today somebody posted about FlyGuy. And my day was made.

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

This book is scheduled to be released in 2003.

rPower Up: What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, by Dr. James Paul Gee.

rGee has recently published an article on the subject in Wired.

The growth of game studies

The International Game Developers Association calls Ludology a "seminal game studies site" (I am blushing) and reports on the growth of game studies.

CFP: Journal of Game Development

New Academic journal! The Journal of Game Development is now accepting submissions. I am thrilled to see the birth of this new journal. From its CFP ?as well as the composition of its board- it definitively looks more industry and technically oriented than Game Studies.

rPapers for the first issue are due on July 15th. The first issue will be out by December, 2003.

GDC-EUROPE Speaker Deadline

Time is running out for GDC Europe if you think you have something important to say. Deadline is April 15th for speaker submissions.

Theory, beer and gaming

If you are lucky enough to be in a reasonably short distance from this pub in Nottingham, go and listen to James Newman and Dave Doak on Deep Gaming.