Miscellany News Blogs
Holding an Egg: Approaches to Video Games
January 27, 2012 by Jillian ScharrAs contradictory as it is to read analogue, linear books about a medium that is essentially experiential and interactive, in MEDS/CMPU 389: Design, Production and Critique of Video Games, we’ve started with just that. Tracy Fullerton’s Game Design Workshop and Jesse Schell’s The Art of Game Design, two intimidatingly thick ... Read More »
Primary Education Podcast | "Does Character Matter?" with Professor Richard Born, Political Science
January 25, 2012 by Ruby CramerPLAY PODCAST » "Does Character Matter?" It was President Richard Nixon, of all people, who said, “You must not give power to a man unless, above everything else, he has character. Character,” he said, “is the most important qualification a president can have.” That was in 1964, when he was campaigning ... Read More »
Nick's Picks: Bastion
January 22, 2012 by Nick MichelWelcome back, fellow cold people. Today I'll be introducing you to a little game with a big fanbase, Bastion. Bastion is a hack and slash style action-adventure game, kind of like The Legend of Zelda with more frantic swinging and shooting. The story goes as such. You are a white haired ... Read More »
Live Blogging| VSA Council, Jan. 22
January 22, 2012 by Aashim Usgaonkar, Editor in Chief7:01| Attendance. All are present. 7:02| The consent agenda is approved. $850 to Asian Students’ Alliance from the Council Discretionary Fund $570 to The Limit from the Conference Fund $500 to Class of 2013 from the Council Discretionary Fund 7:03| Executive Board Reports President President of the VSA Tanay Tatum informs Council that there will be a ... Read More »
#retweetTHEweek (1/18 - 1/21)
January 21, 2012 by Matt Ortile, Social Media EditorWelcome back to Narnia, y'all! ... Read More »
Colombiana Film Review
January 17, 2012 by Antonio Humphreyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFIUDh7QaBs&context=C3132e7cADOEgsToPDskLY6kZkVwa93rCXqX7b8CjF ... Read More »
A Semester of Theatre Ends with a Bang
December 26, 2011 by Emily Salshutz and Tim CronerThe fall semester is over but, theater-wise, at least, it went out with a bang. The final two installments in the Philaletheis fall line-up premiered earlier this month, impressing audiences with the amount of hard work and talent behind each production. Iris Kohler ‘13’s production of Loose Knit was seen in ... Read More »
Video Games, Music, and Nostalgia
December 15, 2011 by Jillian ScharrAt the last meeting of my Media Studies senior seminar last week, the class talked about songs that evoked a sense of nostalgia. We played the songs on our laptops via YouTube and talked about the memories attached to the music, and as we discussed the links between memory and ... Read More »
Ask a Professor: Barry Lam
December 12, 2011 by Nathan Taugerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1bqYCsVRHc&feature=youtu.be ... Read More »
Live Blog| VSA Council, Sunday, Dec. 11
December 11, 2011 by Aashim Usgaonkar, Editor in Chief7:02| Attendance. All members are present. Terrace Appartment President April Cha is absent. 7:04| Consent Agenda The consent agenda is approved. 7:05| Joint Committee Updates VSA Vice President for Operations Jenna Konstantine '13 is about the give updates to Council on joint-governance committees at Vassar. Konstantine reports that the Student Technology Advisory Council (STAC) is discussing ... Read More »


