Monthly Archives: February 2012
Inner Hipster - Part Trois
Reblogged from DON'T PANIC: Hey kids, sorry for the lack of hipster tunes last week, I was on my way to my cousin’s wedding, of which I will limit myself to saying only the following: an open bar at an Irish wedding is a tricky, tricky game to play. But enough about that, here are [...]
The Great Government-Auto Industry Conspiracy
Reblogged from automudgeon: I have never been one for conspiracy theories. All my paranoias are based in fact. But as the ravages of winter chew their way through my car my mind turns to what I believe could be the most insidious deception since the extended warranty. So here it is. I have become convinced [...]
It’s All History?
A Dahomean Elder once said to, I believe, a missionary that ‘white people educate their children in schools and use books, but we use stories to educate our children, stories are our books.’ I find the preoccupation to classify and separate knowledges endlessly frustrating since it is clear that a western worldview is peculiar to [...]
Reading the Material (culture of books, that is)
I am going to be publishing a version of my lecture notes for a theory course as blog posts, because, let’s face it, the writing style for blogs is more entertaining than academic writing and it’s vastly easier to include images and video in this space than in, for example, Word. Print culture is a [...]
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I am an assistant professor in American literature, culture, and digital humanitiesat Trent University. This blog is where I think through my projects and create a digital learning community with my students. I am currently writing a book about the function of literary forms and figures in video games. In short, I am slowly reaching my goal to play video games for a living.
