This night, I was enjoying a virtual trip to Africa (not the tourist park, but the real slums of Nairobi, where people live), courtesy of Nokia, who have set their Social Media Communications team to explore the social life in Sub-Saharan Africa. Jussi Impiö here explains the music project (more from the NRC YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NokiaConversations):
Month: December 2008
Video Game Theory Reader 2 is out
I just received my author’s copies of the brand new The Video Game Theory Reader 2, edited by Bernard Perron and Mark J. P. Wolf. Quickly skimming, the book looks very good. My article on doing game studies in disciplinary and interdisciplinary ways is the last chapter, with more on interdisciplinarity in the extensive terminological Appendix. Some web info: http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Video-Game-Theory-Reader-2-isbn9780415962834
Nokia Maps 3.0 Beta, but not for N95
I have found the mobile location and navigation utilities genuinely useful in several occasions lately, and have been following with interest the release of new, 3.0 version of Nokia Maps. The possibility to have certain landmark buildings as 3D objects in the maps sounds something that should make it more intuitive to place yourself in the real environment. Also, the synchronisation of favorites between a PC version (Maps in OVI service) and the mobile handset one makes it much easier to plan your routes beforehand on the proper PC keyboard, and then utilise those points of interest later, on the road. I was disappointed, however, to find out that currently Maps 3.0 is only available to the very limited number of S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 devices, and e.g. my N95 8GB model is not supported (it belongs to the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 category). But they at least promise a quick release with more supported devices, lets see how fast that will be. More: http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/maps
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