links for 2008-11-06

• Hostility differences between cooperative versus competitive play in video games (Eastin, 2007) « VG Researcher - Psychology
  "It seems that trait aggression is significantly positively associated with post-game state hostility. Game experience, perceived arousal and gender are not associated. There were close statistical significance differences between cooperative and competitive play, in that competitive players scored higher on state hostility. But not significant enough. More studies! There are significant differences between group sizes, in that 6-players groups scored higher on state hostility than 2 and 4-players groups. The 2 and 4 players groups don’t differ each other. So this study pretty much consistent with earlier research on group size and aggression, nothing special."
  (tags: collaboration cooperation game)
• Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture
  (tags: game research Culture)
• Gender-Bending Gamers Bending Rules Online | MTV News
  The latest issue of The Daedalus Project contains an extended discussion about gender-bending. Yee reported that 23 percent of male players play as women, 3 percent of women play as men and, by extension, that means that half the female characters in the game are played by guys.
  (tags: warcraft gender)
• Flintlocke vs. The Horde - Episode 5: Talkin' 'bout 'locks
  "The only way we'll know for sure if our warlock is a real girl is to analyse her behaviour over a period of 3-4 weeks and take detailed notes during each of his/her social interactions." (It amused me)
  (tags: warcraft ethnography)
• Is Kanban Only Suitable for Mature Teams? « AvailAgility
  Some interesting thoughts on focussing on improving rather than focussing on process.
  (tags: agile scrum kanban Workspace learning)
• Business Technology : Men Write Code from Mars, Women Write More Helpful Code from Venus
  A brilliantly sexist article, interesting for the extensive comments which it generated.
  (tags: gender programming)
• How to recognise a good programmer
  (tags: programmers career programming development)
• Stevey's Blog Rants: Portrait of a N00b
  That being said, as a hiring manager or company owner you should keep in mind that "5 to 10 years of experience" on a resume does not translate to "experienced"; it means "crazy invincible-feeling teenager with a 50/50 shot at writing a pile of crap that he or she and his or her team can't handle, and they'll eventually, possibly repeatedly, try to rewrite it all." It's just how things are: programmers can't escape being teenagers at some point.
  (tags: programming learning)