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Author: David Kocik

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

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

March 11, 2022David Kocik 2 Comments

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

February 3, 2022David Kocik 4 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

“Even if it’s deleted I will remember!”: Appeals to Liveness and Simultaneity in Podcasts on Twitch

October 13, 2021David Kocik Leave a Comment

So let’s be honest everyone. I’m busy. You’re busy. And I’m so so so tired. However, I love sharing my work on this blog so I’m gonna post a little research I did last semester about some interesting examples of… Continue Reading →

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The Heart of the City: Constructing Tokyo in Persona 5 Royal

March 31, 2021David Kocik 1 Comment

CW: Violence and suicide are mentioned.   The term “memento” has a complex etymology. From the Latin for “remember” or “I remember,” memento may point to a sinister remnant or a “memento mori,” a physical reminder of the death that… Continue Reading →

RPG, Single Player, Uncategorized

Fan Game Follies: Fortune Favors the Fandom

March 4, 2021David Kocik 2 Comments

Hello everyone! Unbelievably, we’ve already arrived to March 2021, and with a new month comes a new show in the Serious Play franchise. (Maybe the Serious Play Cinematic Universe!)   Every Thursday from 4-6pm CST, I’m going to be playing,… Continue Reading →

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Dr. Rage/Love, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying (Kinda) and Love the Blog

January 20, 2021David Kocik 2 Comments

As the Blog Director for Serious Play, I realized that I actually didn’t know that much about our blog site. I had no experience working with web design, I wasn’t sure how to write a “good’ blog, and WordPress just…… Continue Reading →

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Inside Abjection

November 25, 2020David Kocik 2 Comments
A boy hides behind a pillar from a robot's searchlight

Hi everyone!   I’m thinking about writing about the link between the game Inside and abjection for a course, so I thought I’d take some time to write down my thoughts here. The player of Inside (2016) controls a nameless,… Continue Reading →

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