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Kristin DeChiaro

It's not failure if you're learning

The Podcast App on iOS

is the worst thing ever, and i hate it.

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Christmas Music: When is it too early?

The answer is never. Its never too early

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Stranger Things Update

Im currently on episode 7 of the second season. I binged 6 episodes last night even though I said I wouldn’t. So far so good. The quality of the show seems on par with the first season. Im intrigued to […]

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Pumpkin Picking

This past weekend I went home to NY to spend some time with my family. Me and my sister headed to Connecticut on Saturday to meet our cousins and their daughters for a day of pumpkin picking. I suddenly feel […]

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Red Shift Status

It doesnt work…

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Animation Update

Need to fix the back of C3PO’s head and start on some of his body. Add some vents onto R2D2. Update the turntables for each character and update the blocked scene.

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Do Game Studies

This is a reminder to start looking into games and their UI systems so I can start assessing the different methods and types.

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Some Articles

Avatar Gender and Ethical Choices in Fable III by Karen Schrier Superman vs Bad Man? The Effects of Empathy and Game Character in Violent Video Games by Christian Happ, MSc, Andre ́ Melzer, PhD, Georges Steffgen, PhD Do Players Prefer Integrated User […]

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Methodology First Draft

Methodology: First we must define empathy, and then create a standard base scale for measuring participants empathy before testing. A potential test for this may be  the Multidimensional approach to individual difference in empathy, created by Mark H. Davis (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.7754&rep=rep1&type=pdf) […]

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Falsifiable Hypothesis

Falsifiable hypothesis: UI elements have no effects on a players rating of a game character, nor do they impact the players decision making.

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