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Category Archives: ::Games::

Excellent game design on BTS Run episodes 145-147

August 10, 2021by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

The team that designed the game in the #BTS Run episodes 145-7 deserves an award in game design. It is like escape room meets LARPing/social deception and is a wonderful […]

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Discussing gaming and social media on podcast

May 22, 2020by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

I was a guest on the podchaser podcast- was a lot of fun! “Some questions she answered were “what she thinks about the virtual concerts in Fortnite, and why Epic […]

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::Games::, ::Social Media::

Remembering a fallen ape in the virtual world

September 13, 2016by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Harambe was a gorilla who was shot at the Cincinnati Zoo after a four year old boy fell into the moat of the Gorilla World exhibit. Many people  were upset […]

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::Cyber Culture::, ::Games::

Dudes in Distress- Trend of women saving men in casual games

January 4, 2015by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

As a subscriber of Bigfishgames, I play a lot of casual games. Most games I play for only one hour or less (until the end of the demo mode) and […]

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::Games::

Jumping into Escher: Monument Valley

April 9, 2014by arcticpenguin 1 Comment

This is what it must feel like to be inside the mind of M. C. Escher. Monument Valley is a game with 2-dimensional graphics that can never be 3-dimensional. One has […]

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::Games::, art & architecture

Effects of violent video games: Standing up for the actual research findings

October 17, 2013by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Do violent videogames contribute to violence? In 2005, the American Psychological Association, a very influential organization representing psychology researchers, released a report saying that research has consistently found a relationship […]

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Finding meaning in f2p games- and why we really don’t have to

June 13, 2013by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

There is a lot of talk about how free-to-play (f2p) games undermine the meaningful component of gaming because anyone with money can quickly garner points without much effort. I agree […]

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::Games::

Reflection on Meaningful Play 2012

October 26, 2012by arcticpenguin Leave a comment

Meaningful Play, a conference for “serious” games that takes place every two years, was hosted at Michigan State University last week. Unfortunately, I was not able to present anything this […]

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YvetteWohn

D.Y. Wohn, Ph.D.

Dr. Wohn (she/her) is an associate professor at NJIT and director of the Social Interaction Lab (socialinteractionlab.com). Her research is in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) where she studies the characteristics and consequences of social interactions in online environments such as livestreaming, esports, virtual worlds, and social media.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, and Yahoo, her main projects examine 1) content moderation, online harassment and the creation/maintenance of online safe spaces, 2) social exchange in digital economies & digital patronage (creator-supporter dynamics), and 3) news consumption via social media.

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2023 Talks

1/8-11: GROUP (Hilton Head)
4/23-8: CHI (Hamburg)
5/25/-29: ICA (Toronto)

Blog Posts

  • art & architecture
  • being digital
    • ::3D Virtual Worlds::
    • ::Cyber Culture::
    • ::Gadgets/Services::
    • ::Games::
    • ::Mobile Culture::
    • ::Social Media::
  • daily doilies
  • fashion
  • fiction:surrealism
  • food
  • journalism
  • natural science
  • politics & law

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