To the mixtape: Oxford Comma
Track #2: Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
Listen to it on my mixtape!
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
I’ve seen those English dramas too. They’re cruel.
This song by the Vampire Weekend is funny, weird and just perfect. And if you are wondering what an Oxford comma is, I will explain it to you in just a minute. First I have to tell you that I finally have finished my paper in the course Computer games and computer game culture! It’s called “Games Combatting the Dictatorship of Entertainment. A Study of the Newsgaming Phenomenon.”, and is about the development of the newsgaming genre, including an analysis of the game September 12th. I also look closer at the games Operation: Pedopriest, New York Defender, and Airport Security.
And I don’t care that much about Oxford commas (a.k.a. serial commas), but I do know that I just used one in the previous sentence. To keep the two games ‘New York Defender’ and ‘Airport Security’ apart in the list of the three games, I felt I had to use it. It helps you as a reader to put in the required pause in your head when reading. Read more about this kind of comma in Wikipedia.
Luckily, my sister cares a whole lot about such things, having studied translation and all. She devoted a night to reading through my paper, correcting my English errors with fancy color coding, using her word wisdom. Thank you! I am now confident that the language is delicious, so I guess it comes down to the content. I will publish the paper here as soon as I am allowed to. In the meantime, you can get as hung up on the band Vampire Weekend as I am.
Vampire Weekend: On my mixtape, MySpace, Last.fm
Oxford Comma: Wikipedia, strong feelings on the matter in the article “Serial Killer”
Newsgames worth a try: Airport Security, September 12th, Operation: Pedopriest, New York Defender, The McDonald’s Video Game, Faith Fighter.