Gah. I am so bad at this blog thing. Ok. I know I've been absent for a while. Hopefully, this will be the first of a series of blogs that will update both my term paper and my little side project on Lit Gaming, as I have dubbed it. Please note that these are both in the early stages of development, and that I may diverge from the intended plan of attack if I get a whiff of something juicy to report. So, first and foremost:
Lit Gaming Project. Status: in development
The Lit Gaming Project started with a presentation I did on Propp's Morphology of Folklore and the Bardic Algorithm. This caught Dr. Jerz's interest and he wanted me to continue. I have to admit, it interested me to. Especially when I learned I was basically participating in an underground gaming movement. So, I agreed to do my best. Unfortunately, do to scheduling conflicts, power outages, computer malfunctions and other bad, bad stuff in the networld, I haven't been able to play a good game until rather recently, and I don't have the time at this moment to put it and the finished product up on the blog. The plan is, therefor, to work on this over Easter Break, along with my term paper, and have it up before the end of the year. I plan on:
1. Applying Propp's Morphology to the setting of the game and the creation of storylines by interviewing the DM (she's old school)
2. Applying the Bardic Algorithm to a completed game sequence
3. Interviewing one of my fellow players about whether or not she is a writer or a gamer first
and 4. Showing the progression from chat to completed product
Oy...
The Term Paper. Status: in development
I have research. I have a thesis. And I have a huge block of time over Easter Break. Yeah, this should be fun. My thesis is:
The fear of immersion in Role-Playing Games, such as Dungeons and Dragons(TM), is primarily based upon a propogandized and skewed psychology.
Yeah. Basically, every D&D player can take my paper to their parents and say, "See! See! I'm not part of some kitty killing cult! Ha!"
Last, to a certain reader, I am sorry for the lack of LoTR related posts. (Hell, I'm sorry for the lack of posts, period!) So, in closing, I would just like to say that the books rule and Peter Jackson is a genius.
Good Night.
Posted by RachelCrump at April 5, 2004 02:08 PMRachel, make sure that you present a fair and balanced paper, representing both the pros and cons of multiple viewpoints. If you've already decided what your conclusion is before you've started your research, and your feel your goal is to make one particular opinion look bad, that's not the same thing as academic research.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at April 5, 2004 06:05 PM