Tanla Bilir

I am a digital media artist specialized in 3D modeling, web design, graphic design and business-oriented design. Email me from master [at] tanlabilir.com

Thesis Defense: Check

Today, I passed my master’s thesis defense: what a big relief. After two long years, my work is finally paid off. I consider myself lucky having a really good thesis committee, each of whom has ...

Updates in RuneScape Grand Exchange Database

I am a loyal player and a paying-member of the UK-based MMOG, RuneScape, since 2005. The game fascinates me so much that I am writing my masters thesis about the economic relationships in RuneScape. Today, ...

Side Effects

While watching the commercials the other day, I came across one of my most favorite ads, prescription drugs. You know those notorious drugs that cause more damage than its benefits, due to the side effects…I ...

How kid-friendly is YahooKids?

While I was browsing the net the other day, I came across a search engine, YahooKids, specifically designed for children aged 7-12. In the Yahoo-Help pages, the company claims that all queries initiated by the ...

RuneScape Economics Survey Update

I have finally closed the RuneScape Economics Survey about a week ago. Participation is much better than I expected. I would like to thank all of the respondents for their time. I know that I ...

A Brave New World: Mermaids

Mermaids is an MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) purely designed and programmed by graduate and undergraduate students of School of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC) at Georgia Tech. We have a highly-talented team under the ...

The New LCC Website is Born!

After many months of the hard work, I am proud to say that I have completed the new School of Literature, Communication and Culture website. The new official website of the School of LCC consists ...