Reviews
Everything That’s Old is New Again…
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 | Reviews | 2 Comments
…in which I talk about the current exhibition in the Art Building.
So, the New Media program has another exhibition on display in the building this week, and I am once again assaulted by the overall concept that “it’s weird so it must be art.” To this idea, I do not agree. While art does not have to be “pretty” or “clean,” there are definitely some communicative conditions that must be met for something to function in an artistic way. I rarely see anything come out of our New Media program that would, in my mind, be considered art. And I like to think of myself as a pretty free thinking person.
A Small World Review, Long Overdue…
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | Board Games, Reviews | No Comments
…in which I talk about a board game I’ve been playing for months, and has been on the market for years.
So, it was over a year ago that I began to be interested in the game Small World, on the impersonal recommendation of such internet celebrity as Wil Wheaton. And while I was convinced that I would almost definitely enjoy the game, I was shy on cash, and – as always – shy on players, so I was hesitant to make the investment. As it turned out, before I had the funds to buy the full game, a version was released for the iPad for (at the time) only $5. To me, that’s an agreeable preview, and according to all reviews, it was an exact port of the original. And then came GenCon.
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