by Kourosh | Apr 2, 2008 | On Mind, On Technology
Here are some interesting bits I picked up this morning: A game review of real-life. A quote: In terms of game play the game sets few, if any, goals: the major one is merely “survive”. What goals a player sets, are often astonishingly tedious to...
by Kourosh | Apr 1, 2008 | Performances
by Kourosh | Mar 31, 2008 | On Technology
PC, clearly. Ok, I’m being glib. But, I actually agree with the points made in the article. Now, if I only had time to play more …
by Kourosh | Mar 30, 2008 | On Music, Performances
<p align=”center”><a href=”http://slurl.com/secondlife/Utwig/102/113/27″></a></p> <p align=”center”><strong>Tuesday, April 1st – 6pm PST/8pm CST – <a...
by Kourosh | Mar 29, 2008 | On Music, On Technology
Check out this really quite amazing use of the Wii-mote – actually 8 of them – done by an electronic musician, Tom Tlalim. There’s a youtube video of him using it at the bottom of that post. I think we tend to get excited as the images of a...
by Kourosh | Mar 27, 2008 | On Technology
Terra Nova has noted that the “Safer Children in a Digital World: the report of the Byron Review” has just come out. It is a discussion of the online worlds and video games in relation to children. I have not read it as of yet, but am quite excited...
by Kourosh | Mar 27, 2008 | On Mind, On Technology
The concerns of mental health know no boundaries. When we enter the virtual worlds, we still bring ourselves. Much as the adage goes about vacations, wherever we go, there we are. As such, we can also bring the concept of therapy into these very same realms. In...
by Kourosh | Mar 27, 2008 | Performances
Lecture: Therapy in Virtual Worlds <!– Start SL’ang Life –> <p align=”center”><a href=”http://slurl.com/secondlife/SlangLife/150/177/25″><img...
by Kourosh | Mar 22, 2008 | On Technology
Terra Nova has an article about the use of Second Life for learning English. Of course, any language could well be learned in the context of a culture. The culture of a virtual world is likely little different. **Update (3-26-08): Also from Terra Nova, there is a...
by Kourosh | Mar 20, 2008 | Performances
<p align=”center”> <a href=”http://slurl.com/secondlife/Euclidia/7/166/218″></a></p> <p align=”center”><strong><a...
