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Thanks to everybody for their support all these years. A few hours ago I defended my PhD dissertation at ITU and I leveled up to Doctor Frasca! The event was fun and it was great to be again among old friends. It'll be a while before the dissertation goes online but I promise it'll get there.
I'm really exhausted, time for me to rest a bit. Cheers from Copenhagen!
PS: thanks to Solana Larsen for taking pictures of the event!
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Our long-lost editor Gonzalo reports that he successfully defended his dissertation yesterday at IT University Copenhagen. Pictures here. Not surprisingly, Gonzalo's thesis was on play and rhetoric, but he takes a quite different tack than I did in Per... [Read More]
hearty congrats my friend!
Enjoy Tokyo in a few weeks, I wish I could be there to buy you a Kirin Ichiban.
Posted by: andrew stern | August 28, 2007 at 12:38 AM
Congratulations, Gonzalo! Rest well and enjoy all of your upcoming time below the equator.
Posted by: nick | August 28, 2007 at 12:55 AM
¡Felicidades! Looking forward to read the fruit of your labour in a few months.
Posted by: Gabriel Heinrichs | August 28, 2007 at 02:23 AM
¡Felicidades desde Madrid por el título de doctor! Espero poder leer pronto tu trabajo y que podamos raptarte de nuevo un fin de semana y llevarte a un pueblo perdido en medio de España para que nos deleites con todo lo que has aprendido desde entonces :-) ¡Es un placer que vuelvas a estar en linea¡
P.D: Por cierto, las fotos en Flickr llevan el nombre de Gonzalo Fracas :-P
Posted by: Michael Santorum | August 28, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Felicidades desde Madrid!
Me alegra enormemente que todo haya salido bien, y espero verte pronto otra vez por aquí.
Un fuerte abrazo!
Posted by: Fernando Piquer | August 28, 2007 at 12:06 PM
i have been lurking all this time, but hey congratulation!!!! i cant wait to read your thesis. your MA thesis is a wonderful read!
Posted by: Jim | August 28, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Congratulations on the PhD! I´m looking forward to see it available on the web, and I hope it impacts me as much as Videogames of the Oppressed did, back then.
Now go and have your well-deserved rest :)
Posted by: chico | August 28, 2007 at 01:09 PM
congratulations! I´m looking forward to read it and invite you a cup of tea!
Posted by: A. Courtine | August 28, 2007 at 04:24 PM
A doctorate and the return of one of my favorite blogs, well done!
PS I hope there will be an unofficial Dr Frasca evening tour of Tokyo for the Digra attendees.
Posted by: ErikC | August 28, 2007 at 10:16 PM
Gratz on your IRL ding :)
Posted by: Chris Lewis | August 29, 2007 at 08:05 AM
Congrats! Looking forward to checking out the dissertation.
Posted by: Jason Tocci | August 29, 2007 at 01:39 PM
Congrats! You deserve it!
Posted by: Jesper Juul | August 29, 2007 at 08:46 PM
Woo-hoo! I'll be surely bugging you for an advance copy of your thesis. Going to Tokyo? I'll keep an eye out...although I'll have to give up the ruse that I *am* Gonzalo Frasca...
Posted by: Cindy Poremba | August 29, 2007 at 10:08 PM
Congratulations Gonzalo! I look forward to reading it!
To celebrate and unwind, let me recommend something.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_(game)
Posted by: Jeremy Douglass | August 30, 2007 at 01:45 AM
Congratulations, Gonzalo! I was in town for another defense a few days before yours and kept wishing I could have stayed for yours too - will you be publishing your thesis, online or off?
Posted by: Jill Walker Rettberg | August 30, 2007 at 05:08 AM
¡Felicitaciones Doctor! Ojala nos podemos reunir en Tokyo para alsar una copa. Un fuerte abrazo
Posted by: Rafael Fajardo | August 31, 2007 at 11:22 AM
Hoy me dió por ver tu blog preguntandome sucedido contigo. Y que agradable noticia ver que lograste alcanzar tu meta. :)
Pues nada, me anexo a la celebración de tus amigos felicitandote ;) Hip hip hurray! porque vaya que es un montón de trabajo. Ahora a seguir conquiestando mas sueños ok!
Cuidate y a seguir disfrutando de esta vida !
Posted by: Carolina | September 01, 2007 at 04:58 AM
Félicitations ! Au plaisir de se revoir lors de conventions sur Paris... I'm looking for a job in advergaming/serious-game as a producer.
May the force be with U !
Posted by: Vivien | September 03, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Caro Frasca, daqui de Portugal, aquele abraço Amigo de saudade pelo excelente tempo passado e muitas, muitas felicidades e parabéns por esse Doutor (por extenso;)))...e cá espero ler a tua (com certeza) excelente tese com novas e sugestivas ideias...ludológicas;) Abraço Amigo e boas viagens...japonesas ou por outros azimutes
Posted by: Luis Filipe B. Teixeira | September 18, 2007 at 06:23 PM