The results of my GRE indicate a good performance, however I fear the analytical writing section may be disappointing. Now on to the TOEFL, because two grad schools don’t give any exemptions for a Canadian applicant.
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GRE results
Posted in Life on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Facepalm: TEEN GAMING ADDICTIONS ON THE RISE IN U.S. (The pinnacle schools inc., 2009)
Posted in Gullibility, Video games on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This (troubledteenhelp.com) came in this morning in my google alert mailbox and when I read the contents, well the above image is the best descriptor. The website reports on a study that found 10% of teens (wrong!) being addicted to online and video games, the study has already been discussed more than five months ago (See Gentile, 2009).
I don’t mind the [...]
A flash game with a thought provoking “gray” message
Posted in Education, Gullibility, Politics, Video games on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For almost a year, I’ve spent much of my gaming time at Kongregate that I questioned, for a little while, my identity as a gamer. Perhaps I’m not a gamer anymore in the eyes of other gamers or perhaps I’m a different type of gamer.
Today, a game called “Gray” caught my attention when I felt [...]
List of possible graduate schools
Posted in Life on July 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
After weeks scouring the internet, my quest for potential graduate advisors is nearly complete. So far, I’ve found six potential grad schools out of a planned seven and I will present these six in no particular order. I added cryptic comments pertaining to each grad schools, it’s as cryptic and fun as figuring out the [...]
The Science News Cycle as seen by PHD Comics (Cham, 2009)
Posted in Gullibility, Popular media on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love this comic and it is the best graphical representation of how scientific studies as cycled through from researchers to the general public.
One of my suggestions is to skip the university PR Office (if possible) and make our own press release with different standards (usually writing not thinking about the general public’s… disposition, trying to be nice [...]
Bullet-proofing your mind and don’t forget to Gullible-proof your mind
Posted in Gullibility, Gun on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In one of my google alert e-mails, I got a peculiar link to an pro-guns newsletter and what attracted me was a letter about someone’s experience with ret. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman’s seminar on bullet-proofing the mind. Now this blog is meant to be a review of psychological research on video games, but Grossman is [...]
Graduate school response #2
Posted in Life, Video games on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now I’m truly fucked, I got my rejection letter from the psychology department at the University of Michigan. So it seems I won’t research video game effects on aggressive behaviours.
Now I only have one grad school left to hear from. Ryerson University, my last backup grad school left. If you’re reading this and you’re a [...]
Graduate school response #1
Posted in Life on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Approximately one month ago, I sent my graduate application to the University of Michigan’s communication studies in the hopes of the studying the psychology of video games. On February 19, 2008, I receive their response:
The Ph.D. Program in Mass Communication at the University of Michigan receives many more applications than the number of positions available. [...]
