Category Archives: Research

Will free with purchase

By alex | Published: 6/26/2009
Had a strange dream last night. I was at a job interview, and rather than asking normal sorts of interview questions (even for an academic job) they were going right for the “deep” questions. I know why I had this dream–I took the “what philosopher are you?” quiz on Facebook before bed AND had pizza. […]
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Why Spy?

By alex | Published: 6/20/2009
So, I like the idea of Spymaster, at least in some ways. I think the web design is great, and the writing is fun. But the gameplay–to me–seems to mix the worst of grinding with the worst of social network spamming. So, my question is: why do you play Spymaster? (I do–or have done–and have […]
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Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds

By alex | Published: 6/15/2009
Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds from Eric Hackathorn on Vimeo. AL
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My Mom thinks I’m notable

By alex | Published: 5/6/2009
My Wikipedia bio recently survived a deletion nomination. Which means I remain “notable” for the moment. But even if I’ve passed muster at Wikipedia, Mathieu O’Neil writing for Le Monde Diplomatique notes my relative unnotability: For example, why are relatively junior North American communication professors, Alex Halavais and Jason Mittell, featured in Wikipedia? Whereas more […]
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