on 10 September 2003 : 22:17, Joao Paglione sez:
Justin,
It makes sense that all your traveling, website posting, and experiences might profit you in writing assignments . . .
But have you ever considered 20 or 30 years from now? How long do you think you can keep it up?
Just curious. I ask the question because it is one I ask myself...
on 10 September 2003 : 22:25, justin sez:
Good question - I think sometimes about the pacing of these travels. I think about attending these conferences year after year. It's novel, yes, and provocative. I figure I am deepening my understanding of games and culture and human communications by exploring these landscapes.
Some day I will likely burn out. I don't presage that time, I figure I will go at a comfortable (exciting!) pace until I need a break, or until I feel I've exhausted the lessons of firsthand attendance.
Tokyo I'm excited for especially because of the people we know there. Seoul I'm excited for because it's a place I haven't explored terribly deeply. So those are reasons, above and beyond the discourse around video games, that have me excited to be travelling without assignment. Make your own assignment!
As long as I'm taking notes, writing for some venue, and meeting interesting people, I figure I'm doing good by my career. Though sometimes it does appear to be deferred compensation. I have faith that I will be supremely able to help with something, some day, when I'm called. Until then I study!
on 11 September 2003 : 15:34, Gen sez:
on 11 September 2003 : 18:43, maiku sez:
Is there a site that keeps track of these game-related conferences and conventions? I hope to run into one next time I'm in Japan.
on 11 September 2003 : 18:48, justin sez:
Gonzalo at Ludology does a good job of tracking the academic game conferences. It would be nice to have one site with all the games conferences listed, yes! It seems like there's a new one announced each week - whew.
on 13 September 2003 : 11:54, anne sez:
you know, the fact that you are going to be in both countries so close in temporal proximity, as well as for such similar events, seems to beg an article comparative in nature. or do you find that alot of these conventions become an old hat because the same people keep coming and running into eachother?
on 13 September 2003 : 11:58, anne sez:
you know, the fact that you are going to be in both countries so close in temporal proximity, as well as for such similar events, seems to beg an article comparative in nature. or do you find that alot of these conventions become an old hat because the same people keep coming and running into eachother?