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Hyperrhiz: Visionary Landscapes
A new issue of hyperrhiz came out recently, collecting a few papers and projects from the 2008 ELO Conference Visionary Landscapes. Daniel Howe and I have an article in the issue addressing questions of digital pedagogy and providing an analysis of digital writing workshops based on principles of generative literature–largely in relation to Daniel’s RiTa [...]
DiGRA 2009 & Diner Dash
I returned from London a few days ago where I was attending the Digital Games Research Association Conference. It was a nice time, meeting new folks and sampling the current state of “Game Studies.” I presented a paper on Diner Dash and casual games–spending most of my time engaged in a close reading of the [...]
Inappropriate Covers
Returned home a few days ago from a wonderful trip to Providence for the opening of the Inappropriate Covers exhibition I co-curated with Justin Katko. The opening was held on April 10th and a few days before we organized a film screening for The Magic Lantern at the Cable Car Cinema. The screening went quite [...]
Intrinsic Motivation & Flow
A few weeks ago the second volume of Transformative Works and Cultures went online. The issue is called “Games as Transformative Works” and contains a short article of mine: “Intrinsic motivation: flOw, video games, and participatory culture.” The article was published in their “Symposium” section, a space intended for shorter pieces that address both the [...]






