Casual Scholarship
On ADHD in graduate school
Nobody thought to assess me for ADHD as a child. As an adult, I’ve come to realize I have almost textbook ADHD, thanks in part to a really great article in the Atlantic.… Read the rest
What I’m playing: We Know the Devil
We Know the Devil (Date Nighto, 2015) is a short visual novel about some teenagers at camp. But the camp is for bad kids. And surrounded by sirens. And run by a sadist.… Read the rest
Game Studies Book Club
On sabbatical in the spring, I did something I haven’t managed to do in a while: I read several, recently published academic books. It was delightful! I learned things! The books I read varied from things I’d been meaning to read for a year or two (recently is relative, right?)… Read the rest
A totally unofficial guide to SCMS submissions
I have presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in a variety of capacities, and I’ve served on the committee that reviews conference submissions a couple times. I mention this not to make myself sound official (I’m very decidedly not) but to make clear that my unofficial advice is grounded in some deep familiarity with the organization, the conference, and its processes.… Read the rest
The future is unraveling as I write
A few years ago, I saw a call for a special issue of Ada New Media about feminist hacking. I am a crafter: I crochet; I sew; I mend and meddle.… Read the rest
I’m always angry
I have said before that the longer I work, the more simple and the less theoretical my personal politics become. I sit in meetings often and think, “Could you please just treat me like a person?”… Read the rest
Happy Pride!
The illustrations in the post are sized to download and print. They are free to use for personal use, just credit them to me if you use them online someplace (like on your own blog).… Read the rest
I’m not supposed to be here, but I am
A few years ago, I won a research award for junior faculty at my university. I was very excited. I got a thousand dollars and a crystal trophy plaque thing. But then I looked closely at the engraving: “presented to Carly Kocurek in recognition of his Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Scholarship.”… Read the rest
Sadly I am not a brain in a jar
I am spending this week and next at the archive. The Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at the Strong Museum of Play has a staggering collection of periodicals, papers, and artifacts.… Read the rest
What I don’t want to teach my students
A colleague posted recently asking where to draw the line on “sick enough to cancel class.” I know this answer varies a lot with people’s personal situations with regards to health (some people are always sick or in pain to some degree) and with regards to employment (the security of tenure can be very real, as can the insecurity of precarious employment).… Read the rest
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