FORTHCOMING: MLA’s Teaching Science Fiction, edited by Gerry Canavan, Spring 2027

Teaching Science Fiction, a new book from MLA Books, is finally slated to come out in Spring 2027 (now available for preorder). The collection...

Video Games, Literature, and Close Playing eBook is Out!

The ebook version of Video Games, Literature, and Close Playing is out! Also Routledge is running a sale right now: https://tinyurl.com/closeplayingbook.

New Analog Game Studies Collected Essays (Vol. 10, 11, & 12)

Three new Analog Game Studies collected essays are now live and available. One of the things I have been doing since coming on board...

NEW PUBLICATION: “Mad About Mahjong: A Conversation between Two Asian American Game Scholars,” Analog Game Studies 13.2, June 2026

New Analog Game Studies issue drop! Volume 13, Number 2 (June 2026) is live. This is the second issue of AGS to be published...

NEW PUBLICATION: “Circling Asianfuturisms: Edmond Y. Chang and Larissa Lai in Conversation,” Configurations 34.2, Spring 2026

I am happy to announce that a new publication just dropped: “Circling Asianfuturisms: Edmond Y. Chang and Larissa Lai in Conversation” in the Spring...

DESIGN: Humanities Against AI (HAII) LARP

I was on sabbatical for the 2024-2025 academic school year, which means I did not experience the first big wave of students using generative...

ONLINE ROUNDTABLE: JCMS Teaching Dossier “Teaching Game Studies,” 4/24, 1 PM EDT

The Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group, part of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), is hosting an online roundtable on the...

UPCOMING: Headed to the Vibrant Media Lab, University of Pittsburgh, 4 PM, April 16, 2026

The unofficial book tour continues: I am headed to the University of Pittsburgh to do a little talk and workshop for the Vibrant Media...

UPCOMING: ENG 2900 Introduction to Video Game Studies Exhibition, 4/20, 3-4:30 PM, Ellis 109, Ohio University

My students in ENG 2900: Introduction to Video Game Studies are having a little exhibition & showcase of their final projects, papers, and prototypes....

IndieCade Playable Theater Symposium, March 23-24, 2026, University of Cincinnati

I am in Cincinnati! I am going to be a part of IndiCade’s Playable Theater Symposium 2026. Thanks to my friend and colleague Evan...
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