Common Sense Media presents a forum on kids and virtual worlds

[zhai]

Common Sense Media, which one of the posters in the Escapist drew my attention to recently, is hosting a forum November 14th on what kids learn from virtual worlds:

http://www.eventsatcommonsensemedia.org/evite/

Notable on the panel is Douglas Thomas, editor of the new Games and Culture journal, and who, according to the Common Sense bulletin, is

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[seryoga]

I didn't know you wrote for the Escapist. I write for The Gamer's Quarter and we've had a few of our writers contribute work to that fine magazine.

[zhai]

Yeah, at this point the Escapist pretty much owns stock in my soul. I greatly enjoy writing for them. I looked up Gamer's Quarter when you first added me and I saw you wrote for them -- looks like an interesting zine. Certainly a lot of articles in every issue!

[anguirel]

Timing-wise, I don't think there's any possible way I'll be able to get from here to that panel before it's already over, assuming I'm working on Wednesday (and I probably will be). Which is unfortunate, because it does sound rather neat.

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[anonymous]

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