books
Alien Phenomenology
or What It's Like to Be a Thing
A bold new metaphysics that explores how all things—from atoms to green chiles, cotton to computers—interact with, perceive, and experience one another.
How to Do Things with Videogames
A fresh look at computer games as a mature mass medium with unlimited potential for cultural transformation.
Newsgames
Journalism at Play
A book about the history and future of games in journalism. Co-authored with Simon Ferrari and Bobby Schweizer.
Racing the Beam
The Atari Video Computer System
An accessible book about the Atari VCS as a platform. Co-authored with Nick Montfort.
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games
Persuasive Games
The game studio I co-founded. We make games about social and political issues.
Cow Clicker
A Facebook Game about Facebook Games
A Slow Year
A chapbook of game poems for Atari VCS, PC, and Mac
Water Cooler Games
Videogames with an Agenda - website archive
Guru Meditation
A medititation game for Atari VCS and iPhone
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writing
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April 13, 2012
The New Aesthetic Needs to Get Weirder
From the New Aesthetic to Alien Aesthetics, at the Atlantic
April 7, 2012
Aliens, but definitely not as we know them
In the New Scientist "Big Ideas" column
March 15, 2012
A Portrait of The Artist as a Game Studio
The style of thatgamecompany
January 30, 2012
The Bulldog and the Pegasus
January 19, 2012
What is a Game Bundle?
From my Persuasive Games column at Gamasutra
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teaching
Historical Approaches to Digital Media
Graduate Seminar, Georgia Tech, Spring 2012
The Philosophy of Sport
Seminar and Studio, Fall 2011
Atari Hacks, Remakes, and Demakes
Special Topics in Game Design and Analysis, Spring 2010
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blog
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May 15, 2012
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
A new book in software studies
May 11, 2012
Royalty Rate Reset
A question for authors...
May 7, 2012
Rocks are Rocks
Response to "Aliens, but definitely not as we know them"
April 25, 2012
Star Castle for Atari VCS
D. Scott Williamson's "impossible" adaptation
April 23, 2012
The Future Was Here
Jimmy Maher's Platform Study of the Commodore Amiga
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photography
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speaking
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Next: May 18, 2012
Alien Phenomenology, or What It's Like to Be A Thing
Web Visions, Portland
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