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Game Studies and IxD

  • April 8th, 2010
  • Posted in Thoughts

Since undergrad I’ve found that most games are exceptionally sophisticated examples of designed interactivity whether poetic or instrumental. Back then there was a shrinking but present stigma, a common acceptance that games are not-serious. Not to say there weren’t a number of people taking these artifacts very seriously (beyond people looking for something to blame [ READ MORE ]

Digital Ground

  • February 18th, 2010
  • Posted in Reading

Malcom McCullough might be one of the wisest voices I’ve come across in my research. His exploration of the intersection of ubiquitous computing and architecture in Digital Ground is not only rigorous in its details but thorough in its scope. He not only does the topic justice but by the end he synthesizes philosophical issues, [ READ MORE ]

The Thought In Form

  • January 15th, 2010
  • Posted in News . Reading . Thoughts

“Interaction Design’s Early Formal Education & Beyond”, a recent article by David Malouf, touches on an issue almost central to my thesis; the education of designers, specifically designers of interaction. While I focus on the issues screen designers face when studying interactivity, he address views about interaction design that hold “…the belief in the separation between [ READ MORE ]

Ian Bellomy...

...is a graduate Interactive Design and Game Development student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He's diligently engaged in a long standing and self destructive attempt to make sense out of the make believe land of metaphor beyond the computer screen.
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