Looking back at the blog entry I can’t get out of my head, it appears that there is a response to it from another member from within the same guild. A good read, if nothing else.

I don’t find this response particularly interesting. Perhaps it’s because of the different nature of the two people, but this article is far more laid back about the nature of gaming. “If you enjoy it, and you aren’t sacrificing things in your real life for it, then it’s fine” seems to be the gist of the argument, but the first comment points out the easy counter argument: simply by playing the game, you’re giving up analogue opportunities.

So, with no ill will for being put there in the first place, I feel like I essentially floundered when presented with the opportunity to soapbox on embodiment in the last five minutes of class today. Really, embodiment and Katharine Hayles' essay are interesting to me, just difficult. Here are my thoughts, late and still partially-formed.

So, as many of you know, I have a pet interest in embodied cognition and I try to apply this to every class that I am in. Thus far, I have been rather quiet because I have had trouble deciding how to make it work with a media that seem disembodied by their very nature. Now that we're getting down to the wire, I found myself looking again for inroads into the topic. I'm not satisfied with what I found and I'll be looking for more, but the most promising one thus far is a masters thesis called A New Alphabet [note: this views a little better in IE and I'd recommend reading the "about" page first].