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Nov. 22nd, 2003 08:05 amThere's a puzzle party today. I was supposed to bring a puzzle by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thedan, but I screwed up and will have to postpone it until next time. Puzzling kind of sank into the background recently, and I didn't remember about it until someone reminded me of cooking. No, the thought process didn't make sense. Still, a Hail Mary pass trying to get it finished was incomplete, so I'm putting together a game of Dictionary Race. Not the most thrilling game, but it can have its moments, and I've wanted to run a game of it at a party for a while. It isn't the most newbie-friendly, but I think that most of the crowd will get into it. I'm also making an effort not to choose categories that don't give an advantage to those with expansive vocabularies.
And speaking of games, a piece of news that has started circling around is that USC is going to be offering a minor in "video game development and production". It was mentioned yesterday in Steve Harvey's "Only in LA" column, and will probably pop up a few other places over the weekend. (You may not have read Mr. Harvey's particular column, but you've seen ones like it. It lives on readers' photos of ads that say things like: "As Advertised: Carnivorous Pants! Watch 'em swallow bugs. Ugh!" (actual quote)). Regardless, I recommend a more incisive and less press-releasey article (the first of four parts): "Hard Sells," written by someone within the program. If you're interested in how video games are interacting with academe, it's a must-read.
And when it comes to reading about video games in general, more and more often, I head to insert credit. Their updates skew a bit more towards "hard-core" gaming, which is not something I'm particularly into, but which makes for a more interesting read. More importantly, they have a bizarre and talented staff of contributors that regularly turns out unique reviews and features. I would also recommend "life, non-warp," a beautiful essay that calls itself "a memoir of Super Mario Bros. 3."
Not speaking of games, I was a part of an interesting exchange onyuki_onna's journal. Read it yourself, and form your own opinions.
SatNYTX: 13:00.
thedan, but I screwed up and will have to postpone it until next time. Puzzling kind of sank into the background recently, and I didn't remember about it until someone reminded me of cooking. No, the thought process didn't make sense. Still, a Hail Mary pass trying to get it finished was incomplete, so I'm putting together a game of Dictionary Race. Not the most thrilling game, but it can have its moments, and I've wanted to run a game of it at a party for a while. It isn't the most newbie-friendly, but I think that most of the crowd will get into it. I'm also making an effort not to choose categories that don't give an advantage to those with expansive vocabularies.And speaking of games, a piece of news that has started circling around is that USC is going to be offering a minor in "video game development and production". It was mentioned yesterday in Steve Harvey's "Only in LA" column, and will probably pop up a few other places over the weekend. (You may not have read Mr. Harvey's particular column, but you've seen ones like it. It lives on readers' photos of ads that say things like: "As Advertised: Carnivorous Pants! Watch 'em swallow bugs. Ugh!" (actual quote)). Regardless, I recommend a more incisive and less press-releasey article (the first of four parts): "Hard Sells," written by someone within the program. If you're interested in how video games are interacting with academe, it's a must-read.
And when it comes to reading about video games in general, more and more often, I head to insert credit. Their updates skew a bit more towards "hard-core" gaming, which is not something I'm particularly into, but which makes for a more interesting read. More importantly, they have a bizarre and talented staff of contributors that regularly turns out unique reviews and features. I would also recommend "life, non-warp," a beautiful essay that calls itself "a memoir of Super Mario Bros. 3."
Not speaking of games, I was a part of an interesting exchange on
yuki_onna's journal. Read it yourself, and form your own opinions.SatNYTX: 13:00.
