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Project Birthlands & Character Design Challenge:

by | 28 March 2022 | Creative Writing | 0 Comments

Yir Telthia « the winged fencer » daughter of Melthia, descendant of Teldan the Humble.This is my participation for character Design challenge this month. Telthia is a knight of the principalty of Sitarth. She is a direct descendant of Teldan the Humble,  first prince...
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Birthlands Project: The Theognostic

by | 28 March 2022 | Creative Writing | 0 Comments

Another couple of sketches from my Birthlands worldbuilding project.A character portrait ... the name written in Sajilir on the Sketch isDastan Mervetnos « Sanolasyeth » ... if we anglicized the name it would beRodrick Waldson (or Watson) « the theognostic »Das =...
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Birthlands project: The Korvedans

by | 23 March 2022 | Blog, Creative Writing | 0 Comments

  The Korvedan are a race of Aliens who started to settle in the birthlands about a thousand years ago. Compared to their ancestors who stranded in the birthlands a thousand years ago, they have seemingly devolved. However, compared to the other civilizations of...
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Birthlands: Strange Airship Ruins

by | 22 March 2022 | Blog, Creative Writing | 0 Comments

The Birthlands have a very ancient history and ruins of civilizations of the past are haunting the whole territory. One of the most impressive sight is that of the stranded bird. The stranded bird is an antique giant airship that can be seen on the west coast of the...
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A few thoughts on Elden Ring

by | 22 March 2022 | Blog, Daily | 0 Comments

I will not lie, like many I've been pouring quite an amount of hours lately into the phenomenal From Software title Elden Ring. And, since I've decided to resurrect this blog that I had nevel really used before, it was probably the best timing to share some thoughts...
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The Birthlands, a Fantasy/Sci-Fi Project

by | 22 March 2022 | Blog, Creative Writing | 0 Comments

This post is the first of a series that will describe Frédéric SERAPHINE’s fantasy / science-fiction world building project: the birthlands

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Ludonarrative Dissonance: Is Storytelling About Reaching Harmony?

by | 2 September 2016 | Academic, Blog | 0 Comments

Abstract This paper is a literature review focusing on the term “Ludonarrative Dissonance” which was coined by the game designer and scriptwriter Clint Hocking in a blog post from 2007. Through diverse blog posts and academic papers that reused the term, this essay is...
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Ludophrases : Ludics Before Mechanics

by | 19 August 2016 | Academic, Blog | 0 Comments

Why this Blog Post? Something like two years ago, I published a 40 pages essay about game semiotics (Seraphine, 2014). This essay was a very important step in my academic life; It was thanks to it that I could drag the attention of the professor who would become my...
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Welcome to my blog

by | 4 August 2016 | Blog, Daily | 0 Comments

A few words about my path ... Dear friends, I'm writing this very first post to welcome you to my new blog and explain a little bit the significance of opening a blog now. First of all let me introduce myself, even if I assume that if you stumbled upon the very first...
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Ludophrases : Ludics Before Mechanics

Ludophrases : Ludics Before Mechanics

by | Aug 19, 2016 | , | 0 Comments

Why this Blog Post? Something like two years ago, I published a 40 pages essay about game semiotics (Seraphine, 2014). This essay was a very important step in my academic life; It was thanks to it that I could drag the attention of the professor who would become my...

Welcome to my blog

by | Aug 4, 2016 | , | 0 Comments

A few words about my path ... Dear friends, I'm writing this very first post to welcome you to my new blog and explain a little bit the significance of opening a blog now. First of all let me introduce myself, even if I assume that if you stumbled upon the very first...

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