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Tag Archives: China
Chinese Bingo: Using Games for Cross-Cultural Education
So, I was recently invited to speak at the Serious Play Conference out in Redmond, where I totally tricked everyone into thinking I knew stuff about China and gameplay. It was pretty nerve-wracking, I spoke on the third day on … Continue reading
Posted in Redmond, Seattle
Tagged China, gameplay, pretending to be an adult, Serious Play Conference
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Google+ Vs Facebook
From Google vs. Facebook: Should Human Rights Factor in Your Choice of Social Network? on Huffington Post Google Plus, which launched in beta last week, has been Topic One among the “digerati,” who’ve spent much of the week kicking the … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, Yantai
Tagged China, chinese, Facebook, G+, Google, social networks, stivison on the future, Yantai
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Original Sims
I was a freshman in college when my hallmate and soon-to-be best friend Kristin introduced me to the Sims. While other freshmen were passed out on Frat Row, I was playing Sims. (Which isn’t to say I wasn’t on my … Continue reading
Posted in game culture, New York City, Western Mass
Tagged China, game memories, hot water saga, Kristin, Sims, the sims
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Bu Chai
Tom Lasseter, who replaced Tim Johnson as the China correspondent for McClatchy, mentioned today on his blog that Beijing plans to renovate all the hutongs around the Drum and Bell Towers. Renovation is hardly news in Beijing, where the pre-Olympic … Continue reading
RPGs With Chinese Characteristics
I can’t always combine my love for China and games, but right now, I’m playing two different new Chinese releases. The first is RainBlood, an indie PC RPG from developer Soulframe. It’s technically not new, but the English translation is. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, game culture, Raleigh
Tagged China, chinese, games, Mo-Star, Princess Fury, RainBlood, SoulFrame, tech, ThumbGods, with Chinese characteristics
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Choice of Dragon
Playing Fantasy University reminded me of how much I enjoyed text-based adventure games. Not that FU is entirely text based, just the the quest texts and item descriptions are meant to be read. I checked out Choice of Dragon, a … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged China, Choice of Broadside, Choice of Dragon, Choice Of Games, Eric, ESL, Fantasy University, frustrations, games, itunes, reading, text-based, text-based games, travel, Young, Zork
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Passionfruit Hutong
New development studio Passionfruit Games contacted me the other day about beta testing their new puzzle/adventure game Tiger Eye Curse Of The Riddle Box. Passionfruit is made up of many HER Interactive veterans — the team who worked on Nancy Drew … Continue reading
Silkroad Society
This Joymax press release on multiplayer games, virtual societies, and Asian culture, landed in my inbox the other day: Joymax, an independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment for the global market, today announced the launch of a third “Clean … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese life, game culture, Yantai
Tagged China, chinese, Eric, games, games and relationships, gaming, General, Joymax, MMOs, multiplayer games, reading, Silkroad Online, WomenGamers, WoW, Yantai
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Buzz Off
So, how about that Google Buzz, huh? Google’s last toy, Google Wave, was kind of a flop for me because it seemed like a neat collaborative tool, but none of my friends were on it yet. (On a reread, doesn’t … Continue reading
Waiting
Eight or nine years ago, I worked in a diner while on a, ahem, break from college. The Pioneer Valley is full of similar college-age breakers, finding themselves, forming bands, creating art, getting that awful first novel out of the … Continue reading


