Deep Multiplayer: Pokemon’s 2000-Year History and Social Impact
Just a brief introduction here: this is a lecture given by Jared Miracle on the cultural history behind Pokemon. Tomorrow…
Games / gaming
Freaks & Geeks: Freedom from the Outside
In the previous Freaks and Geeks articles, we examined the origin of the geek concept in culture through its etymology…
Color or Song or Choice Diction – Spot Check 25
by NICK MIZER How does the overall environment of gaming influence our experience of imaginary worlds? In this Spot Check…
Happy 10th Anniversary World of Warcraft!
Today is the 10th Anniversary of World of Warcraft! Click below to for an hour and a half of cut…
Space Hulk: In the grim darkness of the far future there are only elegant solutions
By Benedict Singleton “Man versus alien in desperate battle” screams the subtitle to the current edition of Games Workshop’s miniature-based…
The Geek Anthropologist 