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Reachin' out, touchin' faith. The internet's really outdone itself this past week. I tallied roughly double the number of interesting articles to read through come Saturday (at least 140, I believe). Although this week's edition of Context Clues ...
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This past week was certainly an exciting one. You may be aware that there are folks out there who still dismiss games as being the same mainly lighthearted distractions that once populated the first video arcades. Seems to me that the mere fact th...
November 3
Erik Hanson commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Context Clues for October 18-24, 2009'
To clarify: I don't disagree with the Lesbian Gamer article. Rather, I note that, if ODST is the equivalent of the US Green Berets (for instance), then a captain of such a unit should be at least the rough equivalent of a 1st lieutenant elsewhere,...
October 29
Erik Hanson commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Evernote Clips Archive, & Google Wave'
Also, my understanding is that wave permissions are either in/out, so I can't make it read-only for just some users while others besides me can edit. I may need to look into that to be sure, and am happy to be corrected.
October 29
Erik Hanson commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Evernote Clips Archive, & Google Wave'
I haven't taken the wave public because I am cowardly, dictatorial and old fashioned. That said, I am considering it. Until I decide I'm ready to treat this like the internet in the 21st century, I am willing to add people individually. Drop me a ...
October 29
Zachary Reese commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Evernote Clips Archive, & Google Wave'
Are you doing anything with public waves in Google Wave? I'd love to peek in on those if you do; I think Wave is a great form of communication for this sort of stuff.
October 28
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October 28
Erik Hanson commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Context Clues for October 11-17, 2009'
I was remiss in not linking to Big Red Potion's podcast on emotions in games.
October 20
Erik Hanson added a blog post
Welcome back! Here's what you may have missed, recently, on The Internet: Heads up: I've taken out the "pop" in these links, so they won't automatically open in a new tab or page anymore. If you have a strong opinion on the matter, please let me ...
October 19
Erik Hanson added a blog post
I decided to give myself Columbus Day off here at Context Clues, in honor of the Scandinavians who found Canada years beforehand and decided they didn't really want it (though Minnesota later suited them just fine). I hope you don't mind the backw...
October 13
Erik Hanson commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Context Clues for September 27-October 3, 2009'
The hardest part about putting together these posts isn't the writing or the reading, it's drawing the line for what meets standards and what does not, and quickly discerning which side of that line each article falls on. If I had another copy of...
October 6
Simon Ferrari commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Context Clues for September 27-October 3, 2009'
I guess it wouldn't help for books; the biggest problem with videogame theory attribution is that so much foundational work is still in print form and not easily search-able. That said, when somebody puts a blurb at the bottom of every article the...
October 6
Erik Hanson commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Context Clues for September 27-October 3, 2009'
:) Sometimes it's hard for me to tell if I should be depressed that such a digital community with such a digital subject doesn't have a better handle on cross-referencing or linking, or if I should be happy that people are spreading the ideas to n...
October 5
Simon Ferrari commented on Erik Hanson's blog post 'Context Clues for September 27-October 3, 2009'
Hey, Steven Poole, awesome job writing about flaneurs and games without even mentioning the fact that Ian Bogost wrote half a book on it.
October 5
Erik Hanson added a blog post
I have a confession. I've been playing Europa Universalis III instead of reading more blogs. I'm not terribly repentant, though, so you'd better get used to this potentially diminished level of awesome (still pretty great, if you ask me) coverage ...
October 5
Erik Hanson commented on Roger Travis's blog post 'Proceedings of the VGHVI 1.1!'
I'm a big fan of this idea, Roger, and I hope I can make some useful contributions. I do have a question, though: How do you think we should handle less substantive edits (e.g., punctuation and grammar)? Does that need to be done publicly, or migh...
September 29

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Context Clues for November 1-7, 2009

Reachin' out, touchin' faith.

The internet's really outdone itself this past week. I tallied roughly double the number of interesting articles to read through come Saturday (at least 140, I believe). Although this week's edition of Context Clues highlights a large number of those posts, not all of them made it in. (Sorry!) If you'd like to dig a bit deeper into my rabbit-hole life, you can catch some these links and more, you can find the shorter list at the… Continue

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 7:00pm —

Erik Hanson

Context Clues for October 25-31, 2009

This past week was certainly an exciting one. You may be aware that there are folks out there who still dismiss games as being the same mainly lighthearted distractions that once populated the first video arcades. Seems to me that the mere fact that games cause controversy beyond "Pac-Man Fever" is a solid indication that games have moved forward from the days of Centipede and Joust. Growing up isn't just about growing pains, though. At some point, trying to wear the same shoes… Continue

Posted on November 3, 2009 at 9:00am —

Erik Hanson

Evernote Clips Archive, & Google Wave

I've started archiving clips of all the articles I link here via a public Evernote notebook.

I've also started trying to collaborate with Ben Abraham (Critical Distance and SLRC) on pulling clips and feeds together. If you'd like to be part of that work (because you like helping, want to see how the sausage is made, of would like to see more clips and links--perhaps for your own link-outs), don't hesitate to let me… Continue

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

Erik Hanson

Context Clues for October 18-24, 2009

Day late and a penny wiser on this one, to perform ungodly genetic experiments with cliches.

And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when ... oh right. I have a reason.



Yeah, I was doing work.

And yes, I own that shirt. Why don't you? Do you not also requi… Continue

Posted on October 27, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Erik Hanson

Context Clues for October 11-17, 2009

Welcome back! Here's what you may have missed, recently, on The Internet:

Heads up: I've taken out the "pop" in these links, so they won't automatically open in a new tab or page anymore. If you have a strong opinion on the matter, please let me know. Meanwhile, let's cross our fingers and hope that these 40-something links all work properly.

The Game Of Love


We'd best be careful with all this love talk, lest Hallmark catch wind and stick us with another holiday.

G. Christop… Continue

Posted on October 19, 2009 at 7:50pm — 1 Comment

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