Carly A. Kocurek, PhD - Games, Scholarship, Media

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Tag : pandemic

The semester I’ll grieve

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

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A grieving season

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

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Pandemic and Collaboration in Games

A few weeks ago, some friends had us over for a game night. We played a few hands of Pirate Fluxx, during which I tried, unsuccessfully, to argue that I should get “talk like a pirate” points for speaking in my normal voice, since I had participated in the heyday of Napster when I went to college.… Read the rest

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