by Kourosh | Jan 25, 2007 | On Mind, On Technology, Performances
Hmm … Penny Arcade! – The Hook, The Line, And The Sinker I just gave another presentation of Video Games and Mental Health today. It seems to be a well received topic. I am continually developing this talk as a presentation. I plan to market it with...
by Kourosh | Jan 23, 2007 | On Mind
Ze Frank can be fairly entertaining on his video blog there. On this particular episode, he discusses the limitations of consciousness: the show with zefrank: 01-08-07 I post it here, because I think the point he makes connects well with the idea of improvisation....
by Kourosh | Jan 1, 2007 | On Mind
Somewhere, somehow, the idea of fantasy feels societally relegated to something unworthy of the “mature.” One movie that clearly goes against this grain of thought is the recently released Pan’s Labyrinth. It is a very dark fantasy tale and is...
by Kourosh | Dec 24, 2006 | On Mind
by Kourosh | Nov 24, 2006 | On Mind, On Technology
“It’s their world. A digital reality they can manipulate, limited only by their imaginations. Nothing like the one their parents grew up in.” This is one of those occasional articles that seems to get it right about gaming, electronic culture and the...
by Kourosh | Nov 8, 2006 | On Mind, On Technology
The Escapist – The Milkman Cometh The question of whether or not video games can be considered art seems to be as persistent as the question of what is art. So, I’m not going to bother much with trying to answer that one. (Actually, the answer is yes.)...
