Hello #scms! Come see our "Gaming the Culture War" panel today at 2:15 in the Chancellor room. Andrew Wilson, Ben Scholl, and my @au-mtd.bsky.social colleague @bennyprofanev.bsky.social and I will be here talking memes, games, podcasts, anime, geeks, and fascism. Come join the fun(?)

Happy to share this new piece out in Popular Communication! Situated within broader struggles over identity, cultural memory, and right-wing politics, it uses CTDA to examine player interpretations of the American Civil War on Steam: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Another presentation in the books for @esportsresnet.bsky.social! This one arguing for how philosophies, labor and infrastructure shape differences in collegiate esports programs.

Shoutout to my co-author Shane Burrell on this new piece out in the International Journal of HCI! Was fun to conduct research outside my usual area: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SQUNF...

New piece by myself and co-author Shane Burrell in First Monday! Survey work on how COVID-19 affected the video game uses and grats framework: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

Roses are red, violets are blue, plz keep applying to our tox masc precon In June! Submissions due Feb 28, all disciplines & fields encouraged to submit and join our conversation on how tox masc is a threat to the media industries and beyond icagames.org/2025preconfe...

Curious about game storytelling, game company communications, or how media outlets use games to inform and entertain? 🎮 The SOJC’s new game studies minor brings it all together! Ready to hit start? Click here to learn more: journalism.uoregon.edu/news/game-st...