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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
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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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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
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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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Announcing Feeling Games Symposium
A few months ago, I started putting together a symposium on the intersection of games and emotions. That symposium, now titled “Feeling Games,” is happening in a couple weeks here at Illinois Tech.… Read the rest
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Teaching Note: Theory in Technology and Humanities
This semester I’m teaching a “Special Problems” graduate course. “Special Problems” courses are effectively group independent studies on specific topics, and so this term I’ve been leading a very small class focused on reading theory.… Read the rest
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Video Games and Women’s History Month
On Tuesday, I gave a talk for women’s history month on my campus here in Chicago. The talk was part of a lunch hosted by the Department of Humanities for Women’s History Month.… Read the rest
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Bit of news regarding the Learning Games Initiative
I’m pleased to announce that I have joined the Learning Games Initiative as a Regional Director. I’ve been loosely associated with LGI for several years. In the long run, the new title probably means I’ll be helping to organize some projects.… Read the rest
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What I’ve Been Playing: Lost Pig & Cabinet Noir
This past week, in my “Critical Analysis of Video Games” class, my students and I played Adventure and discussed the game and interactive fiction more generally. Most of my students admitted finding Adventure a frustrating game, and one summed up the problem as “Guess the Verb.”… Read the rest
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