http://cpandfriends.com The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. —Dorothy Parker Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:19:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For more on my new book, visit www.communitiesofplay.com http://cpandfriends.com/?p=169 IndieCade 2009 in Culver City was a huge success, so much so that I forgot to post about it. You can see a list of Finalists and Awards here. http://cpandfriends.com/?p=166 My students just finished their fabulous games for my class: Syllabus Course Blog Final Projects http://cpandfriends.com/?p=161 IndieCade presents its 3rd Annual Indie Games Showcase @ E3 June 2-4. For more visit www.indiecade.com. http://cpandfriends.com/?p=153 Partner: Creative Media Collaborative Role: Festival Chair IndieCade Showcases at E3 Summit (left) and GameCity Nottingham (right). IndieCade encourages, publicizes, and cultivates innovation and artistry in interactive media, helping to bring visibility to and facilitate the production of new works within the emerging independent game movement. IndieCade does this by producing international ... http://cpandfriends.com/?p=139 Client: Turner Broadcasting/Gametap Role: Uru Anthropologist [caption id="attachment_134" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Second Life\'s Uru Island, created by fans, and reopened through Gametap to promote Myst Online: Uru Live"][/caption] As "Uru Anthropologist" (the credit I received in the game), I drew from my previous two years' research studying refugees from the 2004 closure of the ... http://cpandfriends.com/?p=133 METANOMICS: Av-Culturation Host Robert Bloomfield and guests Celia Pearce and Tom Boellstorff Monday, March 2, Noon to 1 PM Pacific Time Hear the Podcast Read the Rebuttals http://cpandfriends.com/?p=119 Class blog, including art projects and blogposts, for my Spring 2009 Section of Experimental Media/Experimental Digital Art. http://cpandfriends.com/?p=116 Celia Pearce gave a lecture for the MIT Gambit Lab and Comparative Media Studies. Click here for lecture abstract, here for the podcast, and here for the PowerPoint. http://cpandfriends.com/?p=112 Listen to the podcast of the January 19 interview with Celia Pearce about indie games on NPR's "The Business" here. http://cpandfriends.com/?p=104