Madonnaisierung

Woven at 2009-09-07T9:25, coloured as .

[D]ie Madonnaisierung der Cultural Studies [ist] keine wirkliche Überraschung, sondern dokumentieren nur den durchschnittlichen Musikgeschmack im akademischen Milieu.1

Und was will uns das jetzt sagen …?

Franz Liebl: Cultural Hacking ↩

Geschehnisse

Woven at 2009-06-04T10:38, coloured as .

In den meisten Spielen geschieht so viel in den Spielen – aber so wenig mit den Spielern selbst.

Sarahs Kommentar nachdem sie Tale of Tales’ The Path gesehen hat. Man müsste sich diesen Satz zwischendurch wieder durchlesen, wenn man daran ist, ein Spiel zu entwerfen.

Self-Esteem

Woven at 2009-06-03T14:55, coloured as .

I like putting together colors with shaky self-esteem so they all end up deferring to each other.

says the designer of Braid, David Hellman.

Seamless

Woven at 2009-05-26T16:11, coloured as .

Everything we do in terms of “content” threatens the underlying core of “game” – if done correctly, everything blends seamlessly. If not, then the best art/interface/VO/story in the world cannot salvage a damaged core.

American McGee is becoming more and more my personal hero. He seems to be one of those very few game designers out [...]

Definition of “Boyfriend”

Woven at 2009-02-13T23:08, coloured as .

Def. “boyfriend”: A boytoy with benefits.

I love late-night chatting …

Seien Sie mir willkommen!

Woven at 2009-01-31T10:01, coloured as .

So ausführlich die Biographie von Konrad Ernst Ackermann auch ist, gewisse Details findet man erst in Karoline Schulze-Kummerfelds Autobiographie:

Nicht lange danach trat Herr Ackermann in die Stube in einem Nachtleibchen, Mütze und Pantoffeln, schneuzte sich mit der Hand in Ermangelung eines Schnupftuchs, wischte sich die Hand an seinem dicken Bauch ab und sagte, indem er [...]

Ernährungsberatung

Woven at 2009-01-21T22:54, coloured as .

Ernährungsberatung, mittelalterlicher Art, mittgeteilt durch den ehrenwerten Wolfram von Eschenbach:

Danach brachte der eine Sohn Portulak- und Lattichsalat, mit Weinessig angerichtet. Will man bei Kräften bleiben, sind solche Gerichte unzuträglich, zumal regelmässiger Genuss nicht gerade frische Wangen gibt. Die Gesichtsfarbe, die man der Nahrung verdankt, trügt nicht.

Yupp. Ich muss mehr gut durchgebratenes Schweinefleisch essen. [...]

Milchkühe

Woven at 2008-09-19T15:09, coloured as .

Das ist noch ein Titel:

Die Beeinflussung der ökonomisch interessanten Milchleistungsparameter von Kühen in der Hochlaktation durch ein oral verabreichtes Antibiotikum und die kontinuierliche Applikation eines “geschützten” Methioninsupplements

Yeah Baby! Und erscheint natürlich bei der Suche nach Texten zu Geschichtenerzählern (Suchbegriff: «Oral Performance»).

Also, He Has a Coffee Machine

Woven at 2008-06-07T19:10, coloured as .

Sometimes, Wikipedia entries are comedy gold, mostly when it comes to celebrities. Take the entry from Sam Sparro:

Sparro is openly gay [12] and has a Mexican-American boyfriend, Adrian, with whom he has been going out for two years. Adrian, who is in his mid-20s and from Arizona in the United States, also works as Sparro’s [...]

Learn To Swim

Woven at 2008-04-29T10:07, coloured as .

Games are mainstream. Drown, or learn to swim.

Richard Bartle: Gamers have won the battle against the censors on guardian.co.uk.

How To Deal With Terms of Use

Woven at 2008-04-28T19:15, coloured as .

You also understand that by temporarily accessing your msn account, TST Management, Inc. is NOT agreeing to MSN’s terms of use and therefore not bound by them.

Uhm, yeah. That makes a whole lotta sense, see? We screw the terms, which is why we are not bound to them, which is why we can screw [...]

Summer Evening / Sunday Morning

Woven at 2008-04-28T11:07, coloured as .

Deer walk upon our mountains, and quail Whistle about us their spontaneous cries; Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness; And, in the isolation of the sky, At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make Ambiguous undulations as they sink, Downward to darkness, on extended wings.

Sunday Morning by Wallace Stevens.

Kerning

Woven at 2008-04-14T19:38, coloured as .

Safari [...] ignores the font’s metrics and kerns letter pairs like David Carson on a bad day.

Yeah, that’s totally an insider for graphic designers.

Everywhere Magic

Woven at 2008-03-29T12:58, coloured as .

In Chinese mythology, it is believed that all things are capable of acquiring human forms, magical powers, and immortality, provided that they receive sufficient energy, in such forms as human breath or essence from the moon and the sun.

Found on Wikipedia.

Masochismus

Woven at 2008-03-22T18:10, coloured as .

das tolle am bloggen ist, dass man zwischen drin immer mal wieder eins auf die fresse kriegt.

Findet Aeschbi.

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