Technoculture, Art and Games http://tag.hexagram.ca Some problems just need to be wrestled. Our TAG team recommends the Aided Leapfrog Body Guillotine maneuver. Stand on the shoulders of giants and the added height will increase the impact of your tackle. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:51:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 May 16 5a7 Symposium – Play Dixit: Odyssey http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/may-16-5a7-symposium-play-dixit-odyssey/ http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/may-16-5a7-symposium-play-dixit-odyssey/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 03:08:32 +0000 Jess http://tag.hexagram.ca/?p=26957 For this week’s 5a7, we’ll be playing Dixit: Odyssey edition and hanging out at the lab. This edition of the game plays up to twelve at once but there’ll also be plenty of room and time to hang out and … Continued

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]]> http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/different-games-retrospective/feed/ 1 Tracy Fullerton and Brian Greenspan talk on-line http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/tracy-fullerton-and-brian-greenspan-talk-on-line/ http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/tracy-fullerton-and-brian-greenspan-talk-on-line/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:26:44 +0000 janetingley http://tag.hexagram.ca/?p=26894 Hey everyone Just a quick note to let you know the talks on Gaming Utopia featuring: Tracy Fullerton, Director of the USC Game Innovation Lab, “Finer Fruits: Experiments in Life and Play at Walden” and  Brian Greenspan, Director of the Carleton HyperLab, … Continued

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]]> http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/new-wii-u-games-in-the-lab/feed/ 0 Some comments about ‘Ethnography and Virtual Worlds’ http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/some-comments-about-ethnography-and-virtual-worlds/ http://tag.hexagram.ca/blog/some-comments-about-ethnography-and-virtual-worlds/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:03:18 +0000 ireneserrano http://tag.hexagram.ca/?p=26870 This Winter semester, some of us who attend the book club meetings organized by Mia Consalvo have been reading ‘Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method’ by Tom Boellstorf, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce and T.L Taylor. The book ended … Continued

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