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You’ve met with a wonderful fate, haven’t you?: A Collab in the Collab

February 3, 2022David Kocik 3 Comments

Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here, mostly because last semester was really really rough. Long hours, busy days, and nary a drop to drink. But now I’m back and kicking! This semester, my show, Fan… Continue Reading →

Games, Horror, Multiplayer, Serious Play, The Ludic Society

The Ludic Society

June 23, 2021Wren Dalton Leave a Comment
Habit Beckoning

“You see the journey starts here, the real fun starts here, when everything changes…” – Evan Jennings as Habit We’ve charted a course through two alternate reality games on Serious Play. We investigated the voyeuristic view of This House has… Continue Reading →

Games, Multiplayer, RPG, Serious Play, The Ludic Society, ttrpg AR, ARG, Crow64, EverymanHybrid, New Show, Pervasive, Pitch, Treatment, twitch, VR

You Can Carry it With You

June 12, 2021Wren Dalton Leave a Comment

…At the center of a low dishonest decade  where selves grow immense, then shrink… – David Wojahn Let’s start with a simple question. What is this thing (Figure 1.0)? Well, in the world of Code Vein this little object is called a… Continue Reading →

Lunchzone, Serious Play, Shows Artifact, Code Vein, Memento, Space, Vestige

Big Number, Bigger Questions

May 8, 2021Wren Dalton Leave a Comment
BEEG Yoshi

“I do not Dunkey, but I might have Spaghetti and meatballs if you ask nicely” Landon from GameStop   Recently, the Lunch Zone crew and I got around to playing Heart of Enya – which is a game with relatively… Continue Reading →

Games, Lunchzone, Multiplayer, RPG, Serious Play, Shows, ttrpg beeg, big number, data visualization, interview, number, yoshi

Excel DM: Borrowed Descriptions and the Indeterminate Promise of Self-Regulating Data.

March 19, 2021@matthewkeracher 2 Comments

  During Coffee Break last week, I demonstrated an aspect of a programme I have been writing for Dungeon Masters. This programme will allow a group of DMs to build a world together, which is stored on an SQL Server.… Continue Reading →

Coffee Break, ttrpg D&D, DM, Excel, programming

A Machine for Lovely Thoughts

February 24, 2021Wren Dalton 4 Comments
Douglas Englebart Watches the Arena

But how does one love what’s made of light and so far away – Emilia Philips Latte foam, the smell of a hastily made lunch, and buzzing computer fans are the essence of Serious Play. Our little collab, spread out… Continue Reading →

Lunchzone, Serious Play, Shows, Uncategorized conceptual, live streaming, machines, Play, Serious, thinkertoys, twitch

Oh, The Places You’ll Know: Death Stranding’s Landscape of Data

October 23, 2020Ryan House 2 Comments

Several weeks ago on the Coffee Break stream, I played Kojima Production’s Death Stranding. Watching back that stream, I’m struck by the amount of on-screen data that the player is tasked with parsing at a glance. The game’s environment shows… Continue Reading →

Coffee Break, Uncategorized Death Stranding

A K100 Update: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

June 30, 2020Janelle Malagon 3 Comments

Last month, I was ready to go off on a long-term adventure to complete Ubisoft’s 2017 Assassin’s Creed: Origins. However, during the first episode, my PC overheated and shut down upon pressing W, halting the show until I made some… Continue Reading →

Games, Shows, Single Player, Uncategorized blm, K100, treachery in beatdown city

Keeping it 💯: The Saga Begins!

May 25, 2020Janelle Malagon Leave a Comment

So this coming week marks the first week of a new show I’m running called Keeping it 100 (💯). By streaming (at least) once a week for (at least) a couple of hours, I’m going to play through a game… Continue Reading →

Games, RPG, Shows, Single Player, Uncategorized assassin's creed, K100, open-world games

Sweet Little Lies: Gender, Power, and Mediated Relationships in Telling Lies

May 10, 2020Ryan House Leave a Comment

No more broken hearts / We’re better off apart / Let’s give it a try / Tell me, tell me, tell me lies -Fleetwood Mac (“Little Lies”)   For the month of April, I’ve been playing through Sam Barlow’s Telling… Continue Reading →

Coffee Break, Uncategorized

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