The first time I had hash was when I visited an American Legion Post in Williamsburg, VA around the spring of 1996. I won the American Legion Americanism & Government Contest for that year and was invited to visit Washington D.C. and the surrounding area. Part of the trip was...
I had the pleasure last year of being asked to produce a radio drama for WONB-FM as the conclusion of an Acting for the Camera workshop hosted by the Department of Theatre Arts and taught by Malcolm Raeburn Read from the University of Salford's School of Arts and Media. All of...
A more apt representation and simulation of how to map out the social and cultural terrain using affect theory might be from “Minecraft.” “Minecraft” is a more open-world experience than “Breath of the Wild’ as the player is responsible for maintaining and creating most of the elements that appear within...
The critical component in understanding how maps in video games can help develop a person’s ability to be open to new experiences is by the knowledge that a person is starting somewhere in the development of their self-worth and level of self-awareness. Affect theory is one social psychological theory that...
Those lucky individuals who owned a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and had a subscription to Nintendo Power at the end of 1989 were rewarded with both the game “Dragon Warrior” and a guide to help play “Dragon Warrior.” (Oxford, 2018). This rare moment of generosity by Nintendo promoted not only...
One of the traditions from the old site was to give an end-of-the-year review that would focus of the issues surrounding computer-mediated communication, cyberculture, or some tangent of those themes and what I thought might happen in the upcoming year regarding those concerns. I thought it would be a good...
Convergent publishing is one of the harder courses to prepare for going into a given semester. I want to provide a platform for students to create content that reflects their interest and allows those students to apply what they have learned in the first two years of the Multimedia Journalism...
One of my favorite meals is bao. These little steamed dumplings of goodness are a treat anytime I can visit a restaurant that serves them. The problem is that they are hard to find. Most of the Asian restaurants serve steamed dumplings, but they are not as thick as the...
It's been more than three years since Jon Stewart left the Daily Show and placed the hosting responsibilities in the capable hands of Trevor Noah. The show has changed from an editorializing platform that used comedy as the medium of discourse to a show that satirizes current events to create...
One of the first orders of business I had after finishing my Master's degree work was to start writing more. Producing academic articles and essays was an area of weakness. It was difficult to synthesize and analyze theories and apply those thoughts to what was happening in the world. I...
