Week of March 25, 2012

Week of March 25, 2012

Fun Inc.

Gaming

03.25.2012
 (was 02.13.2011)

A lot of people love video games, but what can they teach us? Imagine a world in which whatever you want to know you can learn from a game.

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  1. Tom Chatfield on "Fun, Inc: Why Gaming Will Dominate the 21st Century"

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    Tom Chatfield believes video games could revolutionize education.

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    Average: 4.1 (7 votes)

  2. Susan Millar & Kurt Squires on Treating Cancer with Games

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    Imagine a game the let's you blast imaginary cancer cells except they're from a real cancer patient, and your game you play may help save her life.

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    Average: 4.8 (6 votes)

  3. Cory Doctorow on "For the Win"

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    Ever heard of gold-farming? Cory Doctorow talks about some ways people get ahead in multi-player video games.

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    Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

  4. Aubrey Ralph on The Society of Creative Anachronism

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    Aubrey Ralph explains his enthusiasm for the Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA.

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    Average: 3 (2 votes)

  5. Ethan Gilsdorf on "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks"

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    Ethan Gilsdorf is the author of "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks," a memoir about role players, online gamers and citizens of other imaginary realms

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    Average: 4 (2 votes)

  6. Douglas Rushkoff on "Program or Be Programmed"

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    Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff says the writing's on the wall: in the future, you can either make the software... or you can BE the software.

    3.75
    Average: 3.8 (4 votes)
Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer

New Music

03.25.2012
 (was 02.20.2011)

Why do people embrace the experimental visual art of Mark Rothko but avoid the experimental music of Karlheinz Stockhausen?

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  1. Wesley Stace on "Charles Jessold, as a Murderer"

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    Wesley Stace has a new novel, "Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer."

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    Average: 4.3 (6 votes)

  2. David Stubbs on Experimental Art vs. Experimental Music

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    David Stubbs argues that new music doesn't get the same respect as new art.

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    Average: 4.8 (5 votes)

  3. Kenneth Silverman on John Cage

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    John Cage wrote some of the most controversial music of the 20th Century. Kenneth Silverman explores Cage's life in a groundbreaking biography called "Begin Again."

    3.8
    Average: 3.8 (5 votes)

  4. Lang Lang on His Dream of Becoming a Pianist

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    At the age of 28, Chinese pianist Lang Lang has already played with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic and all of the top American orchestras.

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    Average: 3.7 (3 votes)