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Fiasco having a hard concept to grasp is an understatement; we definitely spent a good amount of time figuring out what to do and how to play the game right, but once we finally got it, it was a breeze and was actually pretty fun. Where do I start? The genre of our Story would […]

Just think about how easy one can generate thoughts and put them in to one’s own words. It will make sense that making a podcast should be pretty straightforward. However, when there’s a second person participating in the processing of voice, things become a little more complicated. Being the assistant producer of Celia Mae in…

Fiasco has gave me a whole new perspective on what is a game. Before playing Fiasco I assumed that all games should end with a player as the winner. Of course I considered this definition to be simple and universal, yet it pales in comparison to Salen and Zimmerman (2003)’s definition that “game is a […]

I have never played a game that involves such time consuming, interactive role-playing game, so when I heard about Fiasco in the classroom, I was completely overwhelmed by the new game. When I first heard that it was a role-playing game, I immediately thought of the conventional computer role-playing game where the player can choose … Continue reading Fiasco – a new perspective on a game

So I’ve made digital media before, but never a podcast where all you hear is someone’s voice and background music. It really reminded me of the news radio station that my dad used to play in the mornings when he’d drive me to high school, so that’s kind of the image I had in my …

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