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  The Flourish

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  Simon Ferrari Georgia Institute of Technology

  December 06, 2010

  4 comments

  The Flourish street fighter procedural rhetoric e-sports Curator's Note Debates rage about the social and political functions of videogames. Videogames allow us to enter the bodies and minds of virtual others, explore worlds that exist only in the im ...
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  Re: The Flourish

  re: rules

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  Simon Ferrari Georgia Institute of Technology

  Tuesday, December 7, 2010 — 6:49 am

  these communities work, let alone being able to think meaningfully on the possibility of doing violence ...
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  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

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  Ted Friedman Georgia State University

  December 08, 2010

  7 comments

  FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine simulation postmodernism gaming farmville Facebook Curator's Note 57.6 million Facebook users play FarmVille. Granted, not all of them are people.  Two are my cats, Noisy and Pilot Squeaky. In FarmVille, it helps ...
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  Re: FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

  Re: Cooperative Farmvill-ing

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  Ted Friedman Georgia State University

  Thursday, December 9, 2010 — 12:25 am

  exploits the full expressive possibilities of social media, as games like Little Big Planet do. It's ...
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  Re: FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

  I'm on your farm, stealing your vegetables

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  Alenda Chang University of California, Berkeley

  Thursday, December 9, 2010 — 10:55 pm

  Ted: thanks for bringing up FarmVille! a) I've been researching farm games for the past few months, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who's been toiling away on my virtual farm in the name of science. And b) I love the tree labyrinth. ...
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  The Art of Seduction: Film Spectatorship in the Age of the Cell Phone

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  Sarah Sinwell University of Utah

  December 13, 2010

  5 comments

  The Art of Seduction: Film Spectatorship in the Age of the Cell Phone Sundance film spectatorship cell phones Curator's Note The video clip contains nudity. It is most likely not safe for work.    Coproduced by both the Sundance Channel and the Natio ...
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  Re: The Art of Seduction: Film Spectatorship in the Age of the Cell Phone

  Spectatorship in the Cellphone Age

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  Monday, December 13, 2010 — 5:15 pm

  wondering if you have any thoughts regarding any possible correlation between the films that were shown on ...
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  BIG News from India: BIG Cinemas and Diasporic Indian Moviegoing in the United States

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  Ross Melnick University of California, Santa Barbara

  December 14, 2010

  9 comments

  and fall a possible outcome for BIG Cinemas? Only time will tell. For now, the success of BIG Cinemas ...
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  Re: BIG News from India: BIG Cinemas and Diasporic Indian Moviegoing in the United States

  BIG and The Pubic Sphere

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  Daniel C. Faltesek Oregon State University

  Tuesday, December 14, 2010 — 11:12 pm

  Ross, I will be getting over to Niles as soon as possible to see one of these first person.  In ...
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  Puzzling Spectatorship

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  Sarah Hamblin Michigan State University

  December 15, 2010

  8 comments

  Puzzling Spectatorship Puzzle Films film spectatorship DVD technology Curator's Note Whenever I teach Christopher Nolan’s Memento or Michael Haneke’s Caché my students invariably respond in one of two ways: half hate the films – they struggle with th ...

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