Archive for December, 2008

Playing in virtual economies

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Gold farmers in Lishui. [source]
Will Eslinger of Entertaining Grime has up a list of his top 5 pieces of game writing:

1. The King of Azeroth by Julian Dibbell
2. Little Big Planet meditation by Michael Abbott
3. The Video-Game Programmer Saving Our 21st-Century Souls by Jason Fagone of Esquire
4. Why We Need More Torture in Games by […]

Call for Papers: Video Gaming, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement in the United States at the ASA

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

If you have any interest in game studies, you might want to peruse the CFP below. It’s for a panel I am trying to put together for the 2009 American Studies Association Conference.
“Video Gaming, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement in the United States,” panel for the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 5-8, 2009
The […]