Finally: a Black Female Protagonist in a casual game
It is very rare to find a non-white female character as the main character in video games. Many studies of triple A titles (big budget games) have shown that women […]
Category Archives: being digital
About cyberspace, games, digital life, Second Life, etc.
We need gummy bear vitamin games
We need games that are like gummy bear vitamins. Games that you would play regardless of the beneficial effects. I’ve ranted about this a few times before (e.g., here and […]
Learning on the edge with social media
(Liveblogging from symposium on learning with social media at HICSS Case study of Social media use in classrooms * Building Amazon webstore in 10 weeks with Amazon inventory and promoting […]
Crime dramas bash Facebook
Given the popularity of social network sites, I suppose it’s common sense that they become subjects of interest for television dramas, but I was somewhat surprised by two episodes that […]
Re-thinking real estate value from playing Cityville
Playing Cityville, one of the newer games by Zynga, one can learn some valuable lessons about real estate. This goes with almost all city building games such as Sim City, […]
Send a virtual bear
United Airlines has this great campaign where they send a plush toy bear to children with cancer. You can choose to donate your money or your miles to send a pair of […]
My professor requests money; turns out to be scam (an interesting case of nonverbal cues)
A couple hours ago, I received an email from my beloved professor Charles Nesson. It was from his Gmail account, saying that he was stuck in the U.K. and needed […]
Defining social games
There has been much quibble about defining social games. What is a social game? Aren’t all multiplayer games social? Are board games social games? Aren’t MMOs social games? Isn’t Xbox […]
D. Yvette Wohn 