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New Book Chapter w/ @gamespacenl about early days of AI news coverage. Drawing from our book, we argue mainstreaming AI will be hard, especially given expectations for journalists to play with and understand the tech. Send me a note if you need a copy: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/e…
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Doctors & Dragons: The history of the RPG powerhouse BioWare as told by the dungeon masters who wrote it: gameinformer.com/feature/202… (republished from 2016)
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Amir Satvat's list of the studios closed in recent years. It's sad and so devastating to so many in the game industry. It's really sobering to see them all in one place.
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Many thanks to @Lookout_ES for this profile. I appreciated this in-depth conversation about my work.
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Many thanks to @Lookout_ES for this profile. I appreciated this in-depth conversation about my work.
Meet the UO professor who studies the serious side of games lookouteugene-springfield.co…
Meet the UO professor who studies the serious side of games lookouteugene-springfield.co…
Don’t know how I missed this but many thanks to Ryan Stanton for this kind review of @gamespacenl and my book from 2023! Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/…
Before the calendar year closes out, I just want to remind everyone to consider submitting to Meaningful XR! Deadline is the end of February! We look forward to seeing your research and projects surrounding VR, AR, and XR!
Here's the link to the CFP: meaningfulxr.org/
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ONLINE FIRST! This article by @NicoleStewartPR, Joseph M. Nicolai, and Graeme Beamiss examines how streamers-as-news-providers on #Twitch remix and amplify secondary #news sources for followers, and develops a new “platform #streaming framework”. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Was happy to contribute to this article helmed by Alex Leith on how VRChat became a space for coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article here and we nicely have a visual abstract to go with it: doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.…
Due to a gaffe in reading from a text-to-speech program, I think if I ever do decide to get into rapping, I'll go by the moniker of MC Luhan.
How important is play to game developers? If you're interested in knowing the answer, maybe check out this new article by yours truly, as well as the amazing team of Dalton Bouzek, Chaeyun Lim and Alex P. Leith! doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1…
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Full article: Reconstruction and the Press: Debating Defamation, 1870–1876 — really excited to read and cite this important new article out by @katiemontalbano ! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Was recently quoted in CNN on the resurgence of the r-word as a slur by figures like Joe Rogan, Musk, and Ye. Cruelty is good for business in the creator economy but audiences need to reject it to make it less profitable
Thanks Scottie Andrew!
It's the season of posting academic letters, and I'm no different! Humbled and pleased to be promoted to Associate w/ tenure (effective Sept). Scholarship is a team sport; I truly could not have achieved this without the constant support of friends/colleagues. Many thanks!
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Me and @bowmanspartan wrote on trad'l sports franchises experimenting w/ esports & gaming content for the Beyond Sports Initiative. icir.ua.edu/bsi/ NFL channel incorporated athletes to create new entertainment genre, NBA made esports tourneys but struggled for viewership
From last year's Meaningful XR we have been waiting and now it's out! Read the introduction to this awesome special issue I co-edited. A wonderfully broad set of articles rethinking XR theory. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.…
Thanks to co-editors David Beyea, Rabindra Ratan, @APLeith, Brian Klebig and Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen for their amazing work. Thanks also to Nick Bowman and the editorial team at the Journal of Media Psychology for their council and patience.
Our introduction to a special issue on epistemologies of digital news production is out! Thanks to @djeditorialteam for the support and read the entire issue! So many good articles! Thanks also to @GregPerreault, @PhoebeMaares and Valerie!
This article by @GregPerreault, @MaxwellFoxman, @PhoebeMaares & Valerie Hase introduces the special issue and argues that we need to rethink digital #news production through the lens of power.
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A few days left to get in those applications for the Assistant Professor in Game Studies applications at @UOsojc. Due Friday (2/28)! Start date is Fall of 2025! Read and apply here: careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/jo…