Monthly Archives: September 2011

Presented without comment #22

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Ben

‘‘Persona_Ebooks’ And Game Community In The Web 2.0 Era‘ by Leigh Alexander at Gamasutra. What is “Horse_ebooks?” If you’re a high-volume Twitter user, or you participate in some of the more cultish avenues of internet culture, you’re familiar with this feed … Continue reading →

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Why doesn’t every game have a gradated Fish!! overlay?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Ben

 

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Presented without comment #21

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Ben

‘Your Customer won’t take a bullet for you‘ by Kathy Sierra “Customer Loyalty” is a figment. Business “Loyalty Programs” are nothing more than rewards-based marketing. And by rewards (aka “incentives”), I mean bribes. That we so easily refer to a … Continue reading →

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Orwell on miners; the working-class; and unemployment in the 30s

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Ben

I’m reading George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier, as a re-tweet from my diligent twitter friend Sam_Crisp alerted me to the fact that the University of Adelaide is periodically releasing out-of-copyright e-books (and Orwell, having been dead 50 years  is now … Continue reading →

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Facebook, lolcats, and matters-of-concern

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Ben

So an unexpected thing happened recently: my Facebook-ing practice rather drastically changed. Primarily I used to use Facebook as a place to post interesting links to things worth reading – new research and reports on social trends for good or … Continue reading →

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