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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For Lunch Zone last week, I played Everything, a game where you can literally control everything, kind of. I started as a star, soaring through space. This part of the game felt good. It took a while for me to build momentum… Continue Reading
Hello all! I just finished presenting a paper and gender, designed identity, and Nintendo Switch advertising, which is pretty cool. But instead of talking about that, I wanted to chat about a couple of things I learned from speaking in… Continue Reading