About Tekanji

Andrea Rubenstein, aka tekanji, is the co-founder of the Iris Gaming Network and the game design student whose life and times are being chronicled here. She has a BA in Asian Area Studies (minor in Classical Myth, Religion, and Literature) from the University of British Columbia. In April of 2006 she moved to Japan for the purpose of studing Japanese at The Yamasa Institute. She is currently attending HAL computer college in Osaka. She hopes to get a career in the video game industry (ideally helping to plan the design for MMOs) and one day start her own company.

If you want to know more about Andrea please see her member profile.

About this Blog

This blog is a chronicle of the thoughts, ideas, and experiences of Andrea Rubenstein relating to her studies at HAL, a technical school in Japan. The articles here range from academic critiques to personal entries, including everything from her thoughts on the educational process to analyzing the aspects of the gaming industry that she is exposed to.

For more information on why this blog was created, please refer to The Whys of This Blog.

Why haven’t you answered my e-mail?

I occasionally get e-mails from people, many of which have questions that require time to give proper answers to. Time, unfortunately, is not something I have a lot of; not just because of my demanding school schedule but also because of the responsibilities I have to maintain the sites that I own. When I have time I will respond to the e-mails and/or update the FAQ section of this site based on the questions I get, but chances are I won’t respond in any timely manner to your inquiries. It is probably easier to communicate with me through Iris’ forums than any other medium.