TGA’S Christmas Wishlist: Geeky Gifts!
By Emma Louise Backe and Marie-Pierre Renaud Click on the following link to read the first list, Ethnographies, Academic Works,…
Posts Tagged 'video games'
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…
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…
Cultural Sociology vs Videogames: are We Gamer-Geeks a (Middle-Class) Subculture?
What do we mean when we call something a “subculture”? Most people think of weird and wonderful fashion and/or music…
Contemporary Folklore in the Digital Age
By Emma Louise Backe The word folklore likely conjures images of elves or faeries dancing beneath a harvest moon, or…
The Geek Anthropologist 