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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 166: How it's all about story and what stories can do or Phill watches Julie watch Wrestling

July 8, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’m an unapologetic wrestling fan. I almost wrote one of my major research projects on wrestling, but let’s all be honest here, it’s tough enough being the non-white guy who does games work. I was[…]

Day 157: Truths about Academic Work

June 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Julie posted this today on ye ol’ Facebook. If you read here regularly, you won’t be surprised to see that I chose to use it as a springboard today. I’ve talked at length about my[…]

Day 104: Another commentary on lack of minority heroes

May 7, 2017 phillPop Culture

Today was free comic book day, and I went dutifully to my local shop, Comic Relief, to pick up a few things. I actually only bought posters today, as yesterday I loaded up on comics.[…]

Day 98: A Tale of Two Comic Shops or Why We Can Have Nice Things

April 30, 2017 phillDungeonsandDragons

I’m a 40-year-old comic nerd who learned to read from his comic books and video games. At one point in my life I had to leave my class text books in my high school locker[…]

Day 85: Fantastic Must-Read Article for Games and Scholarship

April 17, 2017 phillPedagogy

My boss and general awesome dude Glenn Platt sent me a link to this article which is an interview by Graham Oliver with games lit star Tony Tulathimutte. It’s full of insights that people who love[…]

Day 84: Lies my "parents" told me part III: The Ol' Master's Tools argument

April 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So once upon a time, Audre Lorde, an amazing scholar and thinker, said this. In the process, ironically, someone who was not part of the “Master” construction which she was critiquing (this is something many[…]

Day 83: A sliver of an essay

April 15, 2017 phillPop Culture

I currently have an essay– the precursor to a book project– that I’m having trouble getting traction with. I’ve been looking at the current draft (it’s been through a great deal of revision) and I[…]

Day 72: On Stubbornness, bad writing, how to fix bad writing, and Roman Reigns

April 4, 2017 phillPop Culture

This is Roman Reigns, WWE superstar. For those who don’t watch WWE… shame on you! No, but seriously, if you don’t watch, Roman Reigns is a very interesting example of how a writing team can[…]

Day 70: Wrestlemania Week VIII: The Ultimate Warrior

April 2, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

I miss Warrior. I’m going to update this post later with the full story of my interactions with him, but for those who have never heard me talk about it, Warrior was a friend of[…]