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SPEEDREAD RUNDOWN: Can David summarize/speedread 8 books in 3 minutes? Not likely!

November 8, 2022David Kocik Leave a Comment
Speedread Rundown

I’m back back back back back again, this time recapping 9 more books I read for my preliminary exams! Can I accurately articulate an academic oeuvre in 3 minutes? Watch the video to find out.

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Speedread Rundown: David summarizes the 9 books he read last week in under 3 minutes!

October 11, 2022David Kocik Leave a Comment
Speedread Rundown

I’m back back back back back again, this time recapping 9 more books I read for my preliminary exams! Can I accurately articulate an academic oeuvre in 3 minutes? Watch the video to find out.  

Serious Play, Speedreads and Speedruns, Uncategorized

Speedread Rundown: David Reviews his Preliminary Readings for the Week of 9/12

September 26, 2022David Kocik Leave a Comment
Speedread Rundown

Hello everyone! David here, coming to you live from the 3rd floor office I’m squatting in. Last week, I did a speedread rundown of the 9 (count em, 9) books I read last week for my preliminary exams. Can I… Continue Reading →

Serious Play, Speedreads and Speedruns, Uncategorized

Ludic Reviews : Under the Surface

August 4, 2022Wren Dalton Leave a Comment
A tornado constructed of smaller rectangles and broken shapes.

There’s this brilliant alternate reality game (ARG) on the scene that’s drawing on the traditions of e-literature and narratively inclined Indie games called Under the Surface. Continue Reading →

Review, The Ludic Society Alternate Reality Game, ARG, Glitch Art, Liminality, Queer, Review, The Ludic Society, Vehemence

Ludic Reviews: It’s Me John Coland

June 10, 2022Wren Dalton 3 Comments
Image of a busy street from behind metal bars.

“Some pain stays so long its absence becomes a different pain -” Kaveh Akbar I’d be willing to die on the hill that as long as the independent ARG scene has existed, some form of the “stuck in my house”[1]… Continue Reading →

Review, The Ludic Society Alternate Reality Game, ARG, Hauntology, Psychodrama, Review, The Ludic Society, Vehemence

“The face under the mask… Is that… your true face?”: Considering Vital and Radical Mediation in Majora’s Mask

March 11, 2022David Kocik 1 Comment

Introduction Throughout the Legend of Zelda series, protagonist Link, and by extension the player, interfaces with specific objects and items to interact with the game world. While many of these items can be used as weapons, like the Master Sword… Continue Reading →

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A Head in the Clouds: Memories of Final Fantasy VII

February 7, 2022Ryan House Leave a Comment
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{Cross-posted}   I have something of a confession to make. I’m a big Final Fantasy fan. It’s one of the series that got me into videogames back in the SNES days. Throughout high school, during the “PlayStation era,” those games… Continue Reading →

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You’ve met with a wonderful fate, haven’t you?: A Collab in the Collab

February 3, 2022David Kocik 3 Comments

Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here, mostly because last semester was really really rough. Long hours, busy days, and nary a drop to drink. But now I’m back and kicking! This semester, my show, Fan… Continue Reading →

Games, Horror, Multiplayer, Serious Play, The Ludic Society

Porter’s Log, #101: On the Road Again (Can we build it? Yes we can!)

November 21, 2021Janelle Malagon Leave a Comment
A road being printed with chiral matter

A/N: This post is an experiment in writing a serial ludotravelogue. Hey Janelle, what’s a ludotravelogue? Uh, I don’t know yet? Stay tuned? An exercise in flying by the seat of your pants? A travelogue that focuses on my travels… Continue Reading →

Games, Horror, Single Player Death Stranding, ludotravelogue, porter's log, single player, survival horror

Uncle Dracula’s Phantom Funhouse: Place as Character in the Castlevania Series

October 31, 2021Ryan House Leave a Comment
Candid shot of every parent's inner thoughts as they march through the parking lot at Disney World

It’s October and that means, like every other person worth knowing, I’ve been consuming only the spookiest of entertainment media. In the case of videogames, I started the month circling back to some survival horror titles I had missed (namely,… Continue Reading →

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