Back in Montreal

After a great week in London, a delayed flight home, and an evening of struggling to stay awake so as to get back on mtl time, I am home and enjoying my late morning coffee. With a full EA workload this month, the never-ending editing of my secondary comprehensive exam (formally known as my indexicality paper, now on “impression and trace” … ) and encyclopedic entries to write for an upcoming publication, I think September will simply fly by.

On the plane home, I was reading the September issue of Edge magazine, and saw a great list of games that I really want to be playing. Hopefully after this month, I will be able to get into a play headspace (with an eye towards my dissertation of course). After hearing the panel on avatars this week, and a few comments on identity and avatars, I am riled up to write again(always a good thing).

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About Kelly Boudreau

I have a PhD in Film Studies with a strong focus on Game Studies from Université de Montréal. With a BA & MA in Sociology, my research focuses on the player/avatar relationship specifically addressing the processes through which the potential for hybrid-identity can emerge during video game play. Other research interests have centered on forms of mediated sociality ranging from the dynamics of social identification in online computer games and virtual worlds to the fusion of internet activity and everyday life. I am also a Rock(band) star and mother of two fantastic young women.

Posted on September 5, 2009, in Game Studies, Personal. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Comment.

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