From the Island of MacRitchie's, Emeralda Region

Obstacle Course

2010-02-05T06:55:00.000-08:00

Printmaking is a universal language among artists - At his gallery again, the inventor of a game for printmakers sits down to his routine task of playing a video game and learn from it what the next move might be for his brainchild, a computer game which, when you play it, you learn more about printmaking. 432 Words. mr100205. ©2010 Bill Ritchie.

Adaptation Game

2010-01-26T06:56:00.000-08:00

Your ability to change is in the cards - In a commentary on the failure of the species Neanderthal, this artist—a printmaker—illustrates how to play a card game called Adaptation as a way of adopting new technologies to teaching, learning, researching, practicing and providing community service. 386 Words. mr100126. ©2010 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

REO Metaphor

2009-12-28T07:10:00.000-08:00

Continuing the analysis - If you follow the structure of a computer game, probe its skeleton so to speak, you may come across clues as the adaptability of computer games to learning printmaking. At the same time you may utilize your creative writing and create links to real life. 418 Words. mr091228. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Opening Day

2009-12-17T07:28:00.000-08:00

Opening day at MacRitchie’s Fast Free Fine Arts - It’s a prequisite that Residents-in-Stay write a few words about their current place, the Island of Domain-of-Expertise, when they start his or her Year of Living Copiously: The Gates Prize for Teaching, Research, Practice and Services. Then add a sketch. 593 Words. mr091217. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Worthless Games

2009-10-13T07:54:00.000-07:00

Sampling Skotos Tech offerings with an eye for error - On a pathway to review one of his heroes from the past, the author comes upon a game company financed in part by a venture group with connections to his hero. When he looks into the company, he finds rich grounds for criticism and an opening for his game. 1218 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. mr091013. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Oral Exam

2009-10-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

My first session with the game doctor - The man who calls himself the “Inventor of Emeralda” meets his first challenge, the questions coming from a game doctor, who’s familiarizing herself with the details of one of the games in Emeralda, Learn Printmaking Online, the game based user interface. 792 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. mr091003. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Nutshell Cooperative

2009-06-05T07:24:00.000-07:00

Printmaking Learning Cooperative briefly - Re-opening his long-held interest in the dynamics of cooperative teaching, learning, practice, research and community development, this retired fine arts teacher (whose specialty is printmaking) writes a brief description for it focusing on its economics. 1042 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. mr090605. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Workshop Vision

2009-05-27T06:39:00.000-07:00

Spectre of a day at a pressmaking workshop - While working on his video, “How to Make A Mini Halfwood Press,” the author had a vision of people watching him in real life, in a real setting of a pressmaking workshop. He saw people watching, taking notes while he explained making the press’ top plate. 407 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. mr090526. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Engineered Art

2008-02-15T13:30:00.000-08:00

Behind the curtain of Emeralda Works - Art in the age of digital reproduction makes demands on artists not unlike the demands facing engineers in all specialties when there arose any new kind of technology. The special demand on artists is that they face up to change in time and changes in it. 328 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Whispering Muse

2008-02-05T14:02:00.000-08:00

Printmaking in the age of digital reproduction - In the artist’s trading card used in playing Emeralda, one part calls for a link to an original story by that artist in addition to an image of his or her work. As this artist creates a link with his story, he compares his experience to playing Solitaire. 587 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Micro Press

2008-01-27T11:27:00.000-08:00

Joystick metaphor - Today was the day the press maker started making the first Micro Halfwood Press. For years it has been on the press maker’s mind: Make the smallest working etching press in the world. It is part of the game he is designing, based on the joystick metaphor. 126 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Wastebasket Lesson

2008-01-16T14:45:00.001-08:00

Inexorable progress to an online class in printmaking
Finding a manuscript—actually an outline for a distance learning course in printmaking art—in his wastebasket the author thinks about a story of a renowned writer and speaker whose first manuscript emerged from a wastebasket to became a world best seller. 970 Words. 4657 Characters. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.

A Game of Art Crates

2008-01-06T11:19:00.000-08:00

Pursuit of a card game in the Emeralda Suite
The Emeralda Suite may include Art Crates, a game about mysterious caches of art bought at auction. In front of each player is a box with sets of ten cards, representing ten artworks. The total value of the box—called the crate—depends on the cards in it. 522 Words. 2247 Characters. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.