i could totally see that (i don't use lc for everything, after all) but still...she's kind of the "name" as far as these things go.

i asked the only person i know who would know such a thing, and while he said that there's been a few people who built "otaku studies" type phd dissertations/majors, he's never read any of the stuff. (and they tend to be a) fans and b) more interested in the technology side of things than the ethnographic.)

maybe danah boyd's done something along these lines? she's big on communitas 2.0 type stuff.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180605306881

fuck yeah!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/12/22/the-games-of-christmas%E2%80%99-10-day-22/#more-46675

is this the same guy who they made play doom 3 in the dark?

i haven't tried amnesia yet, but i have played the penumbra games. i can appreciate how fucked it is to have to run away in an fps environment (sans peripheral vision)

http://gothamist.com/2010/12/20/video_drunk_vs_bouncer.php

nsfw (language, racial epithets)

minecraft, shank.

i bought shank for a tenner. it's fun. chainsaws.

i'd say yes to both, yeah. especially alpha protocol.

season finale of venture bros: "FIX IT!"

if you drop the fake mustache, maybe the prb and when joe's finishing pooping you're the main cast of a sitcom i'd watch.

new vegas: real good.

gross!

seriously this is the worst piece the escapist has ever published. at the very least, pick a game to contrast with that isn't basically a jrpg.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_279/8295-United-We-Stand

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

the mass effect collect a team thing is hyperindividualist?

also the whole ff came from wizardry thing...but whatever, fuck this guy.