Category: literary fiction
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Announcing H.A.I.A.N: The Pillow Book, An Interactive Game Journey Through Haian-Era Japan
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in Art, asia, asian studies, choose your own adventure, Confucianism, education, fable, fairytale, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, game based learning, game Ideas, game studies, gaming, haiku, history, interactive fiction, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese literature, japanese mythology, japanese video games, japanese videogames, jrpg, kojiki, language, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, Ludology, material culture, narrative design, popular culture, Popular Culture Studies, shinto, shintoism, storytelling, user research, videogames, visual novel, writing“Enter the world of Heian Japan in ‘H.A.I.A.N’, a narrative-driven game where you play as Saki, a young court lady trying to navigate the treacherous waters of court politics. Will you spread rumors to gain favor, or will you stay true to your principles and risk falling in rank? Explore the beauty and culture of…
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Tea Kettles and Tanuki: How the Large-Testicled Raccoon Dog Bunbuku Chagama Became a Folktale Hero + Game Idea
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in buddhism, comparative literature, Confucianism, dramaturgy, east asia, east asian studies, fable, fairytale, fan studies, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, game based learning, game Ideas, game studies, gaming, horror, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese literature, japanese mythology, japanese video games, kojiki, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, Ludology, material culture, narrative design, Narratology, popular culture, Popular Culture Studies, shinto, spiritual, spirituality, Story time, storytelling, the university of missouri, Thought Provoking, user research, videogames, virtual reality, writing, yokaiAs the tea kettle began to boil, a strange sensation overcame the old man. The water within the kettle began to bubble and swirl, and suddenly, it transformed into a creature unlike any he had ever seen before. It was a Tanuki, a magical creature from Japanese folklore, and it had taken the form of…
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Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, Cultivation, and Balancing Art/Mind.
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in Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, Culture, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, In Another Country: Novel, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, networking, nonfiction, novels, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, Review, rough draft, spiritual, spontaneous combustion, success, The Outsider, the writers life, writingI will be confident — not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar. I will be, act, speak with intention. I will be finished, will shop my novel.
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After a 24-Hour Marathon watching The Nightmare Before Christmas, Eating Oreos, and, Reflecting on Mythology… I Write a Children’s Fable.
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in comparative literature, creativewriting, digital communities, English, fable, fairytale, fan studies, film, film review, film studies, flash fiction, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, horror, inspiration, interactive fiction, literary fiction, literature, Poem, poet, Poetry, Popular Culture Studies, Story time, storytelling, stream-of-consciousness, the writers life, writingIn the land of shadows and mist, where the moon cast eerie light and laughter echoed in the night, there lived a curious creature, with a face as white as snow and hair as black as coal. Their name was Pan
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A Reader Responds to Persona 5: Gaming as a Rite and Site of Passage (New Series on Meta-Psychology, Social Cognition, and Individuation)
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in Academia, artificial intelligence, artificual intelligence, asian studies, augmented reality, comparative literature, Culture, digital communities, east asian studies, fairytale, festival, film studies, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, game based learning, game studies, gaming, Graduate Research, graduate school, instructional design, interactive fiction, japanese cinema, japanese video games, japanese videogames, jrpg, literary fiction, Ludology, media studies, narrative design, psychology, religious studies, spiritual, spirituality, storytelling, stream-of-consciousness, user research, videogames, virtual realityIn Persona 5, the main characters are a group of high school students who discover that they possess the power to enter a parallel world called the “Metaverse,” where they can confront and overcome the distorted desires of adults. Through their experiences in the Metaverse, the characters undergo a process of individuation, which is the…
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The University of Missouri: the Acceptance Letter Arrives. Open it? Burn and Hide?
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in artificial intelligence, artificual intelligence, augmented reality, game based learning, game studies, graduate school, instructional design, interactive fiction, language, learning technology, linguistics, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, Ludology, narrative design, Narratology, serious games, the university of missouri, user research, virtual reality, writingI am thrilled to announce that I have been accepted into the University of Missouri’s Masters Program in Instructional Design and Learning Technologies! This opportunity is a dream come true, and I can’t wait to dive deep into the field of instructional design and learning technologies. One area of research I am particularly excited about…