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Day 220: We Make Stuff

August 31, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve been working hard on an academic theory that I think is a fair, solid reflection of my discipline. As a new Assistant Professor, one of the things I have to do is sort of[…]

Day 212: Of Mice and IAP

August 23, 2017 phillgames

The whole thing with CCCC not withstanding, this felt like a good day to take another break from talking about that, particularly since I’m to the point where names might be named very soon. Today[…]

Day 174: Identity Tourism

July 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I promised at the end of yesterday’s post that I’d talk a bit more about how I’m utilizing Identity Tourism in my own research. It’s easiest to start by explaining what Lisa Nakamura means by[…]

Day 164: Returning to an old core argument

July 6, 2017 phillgames

My friend Sam Blackmon posted this link on Facebook today. The article is well written, and it’s important. I applaud. I also want to use it as jumping on point for something that has become[…]

Day 161: Why I sometimes seem a little at-odds with my discipline

July 3, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I have walked in a lightly defined circle around some of these issues in the past, but I was thinking today it might be worthwhile to lay this down in a post, sort of get[…]

Day 160: Understanding the Game: Some Video Game Theory to Help Understand Current Events

July 1, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

A weird tangent: Julie and I have started watching the OA on Netflix. We’re late, I know, to the party. Evs. We were discussing it during breakfast today (we’re on episode 3– not far in).[…]

Day 137: RNG and the Non-Whale (hey, hold your tongue!)

June 9, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

The featured image above is a screen cap from WWE Champions, the phone game I used as an example about how Whales with IAPs work. If you remember the story that I shared, it was[…]