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.
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.
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
{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
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
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
The following is an example paper I wrote for my students in a Videogames: history and theories course. You can find the instructions for the assignment here. Catherine: Full Body (2019) is a “romantic horror story” in which a… Continue Reading
Ok, obviously not all of that is play time. I’m in graduate school, and none of my seminar projects are about Wingspan, so this isn’t something I do for hours on end. But…I did convince half of my family to… Continue Reading
You can watch this (admittedly quite long) video rather than read the text below, if that floats your boat: Thinking Outside the Box with Sokoban and Baba is You There are some game concepts that feel like they have existed… Continue Reading