Notes From the Field: Is this Skyrim? Déjà vu from a Video Game
Anthropologists go through some unique experiences as they conduct fieldwork. From experimenting with drugs to seeing people who have been…
Games / gaming
The Games! They’re Alive!
Living Games, which started in 2014 at the NYU Game Center, is “a conference devoted to discussing all aspects of live action role-playing (larp) theory and practice.”
(Video) Games as Motivation for Japanese High School Students
By Andrew Ross Sushi served on conveyor belts. Robot restaurants and robot theater. Toilets that automatically open themselves upon room…
A Geek Anthropologist’s First Time: A MMORPG Experience
By Rayna Elizabeth Elder Scrolls takes place in the world of Tamriel. Published by Bethesda (who also develops Fallout and…
The Shrine of the Cobbler – Spot Check 27
In which I talk about Gary Con, 330 Center Street, and explain a folktale to Rhialto the Marvelous. Ethan Gilsdorf’s…
The Geek Anthropologist 