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Posts by Mia
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World Building Workhop now full

Thanks for the overwhelming interest everyone! The workshop is full, and we have a full waiting list as well for possible cancellations. If you have registered with me successfully, stay tuned for more information. If you are on the waiting list, please be patient and I’ll let you know more as soon as possible.


Winter reading group update

Happy new year! I hope you had a restful holiday and are now staying as warm as possible! I wanted to let people know that I plan to continue my reading group this semester, and I already have a book in mind that I’m eager to read–
Ethnography and virtual worlds: A handbook of method by Tom Boellstorf, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce and TL Taylor. If you’re at all familiar with game studies, you know these …


Teaching games, ethics and Choice-Script: A post-mortem

For several years I’ve had the pleasure of teaching a class titled Cheating, Games and the Ethics of Play Media to both graduate and undergraduate students. The course examines the role of cheating and ethics in and around videogames. As part of the course, students play a game (we’ve moved from a list of potential games, to Dragon Age, to The Walking Dead), interview other players about their play activities, and finally make a game …