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Moodicarus: April 2012
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 18 April, 2012. Check out UI journalism teacher adds video game narrative writing course to Fall 2012 curriculum - The Daily Iowan. Check out UI journalism teacher adds video game narrative writing course to Fall 2012 curriculum - The Daily Iowan. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Check out UI journalism teacher adds video game na.
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Moodicarus: Blockbuster Memories - Final Thoughts and Further Analysis
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 08 November, 2013. Blockbuster Memories - Final Thoughts and Further Analysis. I share more final thoughts about the shuttering of Ol' Blue and Yellow, why I'm so passionate about something I left so long ago, and send you to further online writings about the end of a business and an era. The news of Blockbuster closing. I used...
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Moodicarus: Emergent Gameplay: Narrative vs. Mechanics in 2014
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 25 June, 2014. Emergent Gameplay: Narrative vs. Mechanics in 2014. I’m in the middle of playing three wildly different games at the moment. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. Is a relentlessly difficult and balanced role-playing game (RPG) much like the classic King’s Field. Instead of asking its players to determine what happened to...
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Moodicarus: April 2011
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 25 April, 2011. The Subways - A Brief History. 06 April, 2011. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light. Note: This is an advance review. Wasting Light. Will be released in stores and online in the United States on April 12, 2011). 01 April, 2011. ArtSTALK - A New Home! I have found a home for my work on ArtSTALK. ArtSTALK - A New Home!
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Moodicarus: August 2011
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 18 August, 2011. The Stagnation of Popular Culture By Intellectual Property. Have we reached the end of popular culture? I’m not being facetious here, and I’m not (just) trying to do this for hits. I’m asking a simple question: What’s REALLY changed in popular culture in the past decade? Planet of the Apes.
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Moodicarus: Angus Retro Review - An Atypical Teen Movie for the Quiet Normal Teen
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 07 November, 2013. Angus Retro Review - An Atypical Teen Movie for the Quiet Normal Teen. Couldn’t be made as a wide release today, and it might have slipped away without the fanfare that it receives in this post. But that’s its true strength. Angus. 8217;s Chris Owen – SHERMANATOR! Which leads to plenty of embarrassing moments...
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Moodicarus: Kyle Moody
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. Is a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. At The University of Iowa. The course collaborated with leading video game publication IGN. Which provided unprecedented production assistance and input to assist student learning and enhance collegiate journalism practices. Moody has worked as a social...
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Moodicarus: September 2011
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 28 September, 2011. Scapegoating, Holy Terror, and Catching Hell. This week brought the premiere of two mass media products that serve to enlighten how the past decade has created a very ugly society. The documentary Catching Hell. And graphic novel Holy Terror. Taxi to the Dark Side. And that’s messed up on several levels.
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Moodicarus: March 2011
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 30 March, 2011. Hey everybody, thanks for the great comments, particularly on the Rebecca Black article. The Strokes - Angles. 23 March, 2011. Rebecca Black - Friday. Labels: death of pop. 15 March, 2011. Album Review - Beady Eye, Different Gear, Still Speeding. Finally, I decide to tackle some music from 2011! 01 March, 2011.
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Moodicarus: Goodbye Blockbuster
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A personal blog by academic Kyle Moody, where popular culture mixes with storytelling to provide insightful looks at personal history that is wrapped up within cultural processes. 07 November, 2013. With the ultimate shutdown of Blockbuster Video, we lose another vanguard in our group consumer culture. This is a truly sad day for media junkies everywhere, and one more reminder that our culture is changing in ways that go beyond sets of doors closing and overhead lights fading for the last time. I’l...
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