tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31062272009-06-29T13:53:20.337+02:00LudologicaISSN:1601-6025<br>
Weblog on ludology and game research<br>
<br>Lars Konzack<br>Game researcher from Denmark<br>
email: lars [att] konzack [dot] dkLars Konzacknoreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-64822063832206692562009-06-29T13:52:00.002+02:002009-06-29T13:53:20.346+02:00GEEK CULTURE Living in an information-driven society, people engage in activity based on information and service instead of industry and agriculture as in the past. The ability to generate and acquire new information is critical, and many in geek culture embrace media technology for work and play and as well as their powerful effects on society. Geeks approach aesthetics and culture differently, Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-32145989623928222542009-04-08T20:53:00.001+02:002009-04-08T20:55:07.859+02:00Tomorrow I will join Fastaval 2009.Fastaval.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-55024881339410874992009-02-22T08:45:00.010+01:002009-02-23T08:57:27.661+01:00Whenever a Postmodernist start babbling about how nowadays you cannot say anything, I can't help thinking: "Why don't you shut the #¤%& up then."Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-62326214121608442432009-02-14T23:43:00.000+01:002009-02-14T23:44:26.032+01:00Video Games in Europe.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-48896760950752363732009-02-11T22:19:00.002+01:002009-02-11T22:29:20.824+01:00Twilight is to Generation Y what Pretty Woman was to Generation X.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-61644719967563615572009-02-02T22:01:00.006+01:002009-02-02T22:04:07.169+01:00Philososphical Game Design.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-32603839202515051822009-01-24T07:53:00.002+01:002009-01-24T07:57:34.280+01:00GOLD follows the American and British Goblins & Gold RPG teams as they prepare for the World Role Playing Games Championships. Told in traditional narrative style with a mix of drama and subtle comedy, GOLD. is both a comic look at the American portrayal of sports in television and film, and a loving tribute to the wonderful world of traditional, pen-and-paper style role playing games.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-48221710365679905062009-01-21T20:48:00.004+01:002009-01-24T07:57:45.852+01:00The Elephant's LullabyThe stars light up at the night-blue sky.The half-moon stares at a chipmunk.I am keeping an eye, that the wicked micethey won’t sneak into your grip trunk.Sleep well little Jumbo and lullabynow darkness comes to the jungle.The ostrich your aunt just slipped her eyesand sleeps with the rhino, your uncle.A slumbering wilderbeest cries tonightin the bush of the big lianasand Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-14019075112449735152009-01-16T16:26:00.002+01:002009-01-16T16:31:43.104+01:00I was interviewed for Berlingske Tidende (in Danish):Kultur-nørdernes indtogI dag er det nørdernes værdier og interesser, der sætter dagsordenen inden for en række kulturelle områder. Men hvad sker der, når Harry Potter-fans bliver dem, der for alvor bestemmer?Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-12246573809783467312009-01-10T15:50:00.004+01:002009-01-16T16:31:24.649+01:00Lately, I've been working on the concept of mauppies (middle-aged urban professionals) and how they influence our world today in a manner that has become almost invisible to us. Furthermore, I'm woking on geek culture and the netgeneration.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-33702777235650787122008-12-08T19:51:00.005+01:002008-12-08T20:14:09.966+01:00I just got my copy of The Video Game Theory Reader 2.CONTENT:1 Gaming Literacy: Game Design as a Model for Literacy in the 21st CenturyEric Zimmerman2 Philosophical Game DesignLars Konzack3 The Video Game Aesthetic: Play as FormDavid Myers4 Embodiment and InterfaceAndreas Gregersen and Torben Grodal5 Understanding Video Games as Emotional ExperiencesAki Jarvinen6 In the Frame of the Magic Cycle:Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-90053959041347327732008-11-03T13:44:00.001+01:002009-02-02T22:04:39.504+01:00Video Games and the Rise of the GeekLars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-72120208827348545482008-09-04T11:04:00.005+02:002009-02-02T22:05:20.793+01:00Lars KonzackSubkreacja Wtórnego Świata Giertłumaczenie: Joanna LachLars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-45992982765830026182008-09-04T10:48:00.002+02:002009-02-02T22:05:35.340+01:00Lars Konzack, Ian Dall:Fantasy i mediewalizm w grach RPG tłumaczył: Adrian Peplak.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-76185294613921995922008-07-29T13:25:00.002+02:002008-07-29T13:30:57.608+02:00I´m in Dublin, Ireland right now, waiting for another build for The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. As I said to my daughter I´m learning Spyro to speak Danish. Well, sort of makes sense, doesn´t it.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-36338635180591978432008-06-06T10:54:00.000+02:002008-06-06T10:54:35.475+02:00Shadows of Clockwork Men: Review of Epic PoohThe problem with Michael Moorcock's notion of fantasy:Shadows of Clockwork Men: Review of Epic PoohLars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-4197079150874431452008-06-06T10:28:00.001+02:002008-06-06T10:56:19.073+02:00: RevolutionSF - Epic Pooh : FeatureMichael Moorocok's points about High Fantasy in general and Tolkien in particular. He obviously misses the point og Tolkien's fantasy and get caught up in old-fashioned ideology criticism.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-39396860872076598512008-05-20T18:58:00.002+02:002008-05-20T19:08:57.741+02:00Geek Culture in PolishKultura Maniaków. Trzecia kultura manipulacjiTranslated by Joanna Lach.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-4851094229979336742008-04-07T22:19:00.003+02:002008-04-07T22:31:11.869+02:00Solmukohta 2008Safely home from Solmukohta 2008. My tribute to Gary Gyax went fine.People was dressed up as retro-science fiction characters and there was good German beer.I look forward to actually read the proceedings.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-14508763241805238032008-03-05T16:55:00.000+01:002008-03-05T17:02:27.473+01:00Tributes to Gygax:WeregeekOrder of the StickCostikyanLars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-8590679129103030092008-03-05T11:36:00.003+01:002008-03-05T11:50:18.354+01:00Gary Gygax is deadYesterday, Gary Gygax died at the age of 69. He was the inventor of a new media: role-playing games. His influence on geek culture was immense and certainly videogames today would have been a lot more boring without his visions. He encouraged what is now known as user-generated content by putting up a system in which the players themselves were able to put thoughts and ideas Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-1231689843693141382008-02-27T21:23:00.002+01:002008-02-27T21:27:56.289+01:00Computer Game Criticism: A Method for Computer Game Analysis has just been translated into Polish as Krytyka gier komputerowych: metoda analizy gier komputerowych.I noticed that articles by Espen Aarseth and Jesper Juul has been translated too.Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-78651890379992617322008-01-30T21:15:00.000+01:002008-01-30T21:19:18.594+01:00I just registred for the Solmukohta conference 2008.www.solmukohta.org/Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-31634641277667353412007-11-03T20:24:00.000+01:002007-11-06T19:58:36.377+01:00Bretteville Yesterday was the official opening reception for Bretteville in Aalborg. It is a new and exciting entrepreneur center for digital innovation e.g. videogame development.Every VIP was there. The trolls simply had to be there too.Steen K. Rasmussen (right) held a VIP-lecture on web 2.0 and innovative journalism. Donal Sund Nielsen (left) is the initiator of house Bretteville.Gunnar WilleLars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106227.post-19377926349814889242007-09-26T19:50:00.000+02:002007-09-27T17:25:09.458+02:00Eurocon 2007This weekend I went to Eurocon 2007 in Copenhagen. It was a science fiction and fantasy conference. Anne McCaffrey and Zoran Zivkovic were guests of honor. It was fun to be there among fellow geeks.And now for the pictures:Furry CatLocal Storm Troopers in actionMartin Jürgensen from SleazehoundNiels Dalgaard, Fan Guest of honorLene Kaaberbøl and Flemming P. RaschH. H. LøycheEllen Lars Konzacknoreply@blogger.com0