Greetings all! With great shame, I must admit that my “Unearthing” Editorial is running far, far behind. Part of this was because I foolishly thought I could write it today. The same day I was writing other important papers (for things I do in exchange for currency). Then I compounded my foolishness by seeing Edge
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Throwback Thursday Linkbait: Kuhnian Paradigms and Other Phrases to Impress Your Friends
LINK: “Videogames and Scientific Revolutions” by Peter Christiansen (Oct. 9th, 2013) Videogames and Scientific Revolutions In keeping with our theme this past week, Thursday’s link about tech trees and scientific progress comes from the astoundingly great collaborative blog “Play the Past.” Reading Seth’s posts about Timeline and Master of Orion 2 reminded me of Peter
Monday Linkbait: Leigh Alexander Just Rocks It
LINK: “The Unearthing” by Leigh Alexander (May 30th, 2014) http://leighalexander.net/the-unearthing Truthfully, most of the readers here ought to have already read this piece by this point. Published on Friday, Leigh Alexander’s authentically Gonzo piece about the ET unearthing is a great followup to the Weekend Linkbait. Over the course of the weekend I saw
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Weekend Linkbait: Polygon Continues to Create Fun Articles to Scroll
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http://www.polygon.com/features/2014/5/30/5730962/et-landfill-dig-atari
In terms of setting the bar for Features and Editorials, Polygon has steadily maintained that title with relative ease in comparison to its more breaking-news oriented competitors. With topics ranging from an Oral History of Street Fighter to a Photo Essay of Gaming in West Africa, Polygon has continuously stretched boundaries of what and why Gaming journalism is.
This particular post, published yesterday, is a great example of Polygon doing their thing. I never realized that the landfill excavation took so long to get off the ground, and reading about how this important (for Gaming Historians, at least) dig became tied up in local politics was also interesting to discover. If the news stories about the Alamogordo dig refused to satiate your urges for more information, let this article by Matt Leone satisfy you.
Blowing Dust Out of the Cartridge
Picture, if you will, a figure struggling through an endless expanse of desert. The sun sets purposefully in front of him, piercing his eyes with its rays while promising the caress of frigid night air in due time. The figure runs with a sense of purpose towards the West. In front of him rises a
An Extremely Belated Debrief of Team AcaGameia’s 2013 Extra Life Charity
NOTE: This retrospective was originally written immediately following the 24 hour charity marathon (well, at least immediately after awakening from a dead sleep). Team AcaGameia is continuing to do its part in 2014 with another 24 Hour Marathon. Until then, you can follow Team AcaGameia on Twitter, where they live-tweet games of Monsterhearts. Well huh.
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Counterfactuals and Teaching
Wo ho ho ho, a post from Tim?! It cannot be! Yes, I am once again attempting to maintain the subtle illusion that this blog is a two-man effort, instead of allowing Seth to shoulder all the weight of our page views. Luckily for me, today there occurred an eclipse of two arcane events. The first
Assassin’s Creed III and British Villainy
Recently, Boston historian J.L. Bell was interviewed by Radio Boston about the upcoming contribution to Ubisoft’s series Assassin’s Creed. The newest entry is set in the years surrounding the American Revolution, and follows the life of half-Mohawk half-English Connor Kenway. One of the many interesting aspects of this game is how often the developers, in
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Ninja Teaching
(HT: Video Game Voters Network) While certainly not the only teacher to make the connection between Video Games and Educating, Lucas Gillispie has been spending four years developing a curriculum for Pender County, North Carolina that is currently in use. Here are some of the best bits: Gillispie, who has always been a self-described gaming
A Second Introduction of Sorts
Hail, fair traveler! In keeping with other blogs I read, I’ve decided that a second post might be in order to help flesh out a schedule of sorts. I say a schedule of sorts because, in all fairness, it is a schedule that I won’t be keeping the next week or so due to real
