Author Archives: Professor Sample

Below is a summary of tweets from April 15th, 2012 @krystinhope: #HNRS353 has successfully made me want to study video games. @samplereality – 13 Apr 12 16:04 @jimbo_limbo_: RT @chriswjones: it’s hard to take a British accent seriously… #HNRS353 @jimbo_limbo_ … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from April 13th, 2012 @krystinhope: “You spent all that time and just came up with the title of the game?!” #HNRS353 – 12 Apr 12 17:00 @chriswjones: it’s hard to take a British accent … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from April 11th, 2012 @samplereality: In #HNRS353 today I argued that elevators are essentially mechanical portals, a metaphor that PORTAL itself encourages. – 10 Apr 12 23:43 @JLil18: Elevators 21st century Portals? #HNRS353 #Portal … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from April 5th, 2012 @falingwithstyle: it requires deft googling skills, because it’s called the naked game. if you do it wrong, you get… something else #HNRS353 – 05 Apr 12 16:16

Below is a summary of tweets from April 4th, 2012 @chriswjones: found out that @samplereality did not make a good lee harvey oswald in #HNRS353 today. thank goodness. – 03 Apr 12 18:33 @EpicDang: Burned the smokehouse and couldn’t keep … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 29th, 2012 @samplereality: Good post from #HNRS353 student responding to @ibogost‘s chapter on kitsch. Student argues kitsch hardware is more likely than kitsch games. – 29 Mar 12 18:39 @arsenal_hawk: It would … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 29th, 2012 @samplereality: Good post from #HNRS353 student responding to @ibogost‘s chapter on kitsch. Student argues kitsch hardware is more likely than kitsch games. – 29 Mar 12 18:39 @arsenal_hawk: It would … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 27th, 2012 @samplereality: Funny how my #HNRS353 students often bring up the Wii and Kinect, but never the PlayStation Move. – 27 Mar 12 21:09 @samplereality: #HNRS353 students are skeptical of @ibogost‘s … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 27th, 2012 @samplereality: Funny how my #HNRS353 students often bring up the Wii and Kinect, but never the PlayStation Move. – 27 Mar 12 21:09 @samplereality: #HNRS353 students are skeptical of @ibogost‘s … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 26th, 2012 @jimbo_limbo_: Wow, September 12th is really dark. Great portrayal of collateral damage, though. #hnrs353 – 26 Mar 12 22:54

Below is a summary of tweets from March 25th, 2012 @emily_sawyer: Definitely enjoying Portal. #HNRS353 – 24 Mar 12 03:38 @TwiceShax: #OnceUponASpaceTime Frankly, I have no idea what to make of this, nor could I tell you what purpose it … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 23rd, 2012 @shandlerO_o: #HNRS353 ImmorTall: feels similar to Passage. you cant win, but there are sacrifices you make to do things other better like lose the family – 22 Mar 12 23:55 … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 21st, 2012 @likethe3letters: #HNRS353 ImmorTall questions ethics. Do you save yourself or help others in war? Is it fair for the civillians to be attacked in war time? – 21 Mar 12 … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 18th, 2012 @jimbo_limbo_: This American Life retracts hugely popular episode on Apple and China http://t.co/gXQ9qlLS via @arstechnica @samplereality #hnrs353 – 18 Mar 12 21:09 @TheNickFrantz: #hnrs353 The Apple Story? Fake? http://t.co/j063dzt5 – … Continue reading →

Below is a summary of tweets from March 17th, 2012 @krystinhope: @samplereality That’s so interesting. #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 18:22 @sisypheantask: RT @samplereality: This American Life retracts its Mike Daisey episode about Foxconn http://t.co/K7s77LN6 #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 … Continue reading →