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The semester I’ll grieve
The fall 2020 semester is ending, and I am so very tired. I used to fall sick at the end of each term with something minor but unpleasant that would demand I rest.… Read the rest
I live on the Internet now
I haven’t been blogging because, well, global pandemic: What can I say that’s useful? Not much, really. I’m as gobsmacked and listless as anyone else, and I went 6ish months without childcare while trying to work full-time from home.… Read the rest
3 reasons your kid is freaking out about their video game
Right now, many parents are spending more time with their children and more time observing their children’s interactions with video games. As a result, parental anxiety about video games is acute.… Read the rest
A grieving season
This is a season of supposed to and would have. I was supposed to be in Japan right now. I would have been planning to visit my family in July or August.… Read the rest
Academic deep cuts
One day at lunch during college, Larry McMurtry came up. McMurtry, hailing from not far from my home town, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, several Oscars, and various other things, had always been a bit of a touchstone from me.… Read the rest
Study Tech and Humanities with me
For those interested in graduate study in digital humanities or tech comm, come to Illinois Tech! We offer an M.S. in Technical Communication and Information Architecture (TCIA), and both an M.S.… Read the rest
How to support video game preservation and history
I just got back from a fine time at MAGfest 2020, where I presented as part of the history track in MAGES for the second year. It’s real fun! I felt really lucky to get to do that for a second year.… Read the rest
2019 Year in Academic Review
In Spring 2019, I got to take my first-ever sabbatical, and it really changed the shape of my year. I published less than I usually do by some measures (no journal articles for once?),… Read the rest
How I learned to read again
During college to some extent and during graduate school to a depressing extent, I stopped leisure reading. .
For many, this is probably fine. I don’t necessarily think reading particular types of things for fun necessarily makes people better or smarter in any particular way.… Read the rest
GSBC: Gaming the Iron Curtain
For September, I invited folks to read along with me as I started the process of clearing my to-read pile — at least the game studies part of it. First up was Jaroslav Švelch’s Gaming the Iron Curtain, which was the month’s selection for what I’m calling Game Studies Book Club.… Read the rest
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