You all can stop searching, because I found the worst academic book cover of all time.

Quite possibly one of the best/unfortunate typos from an academic text I've ever run across. (From MacKenzie's Human-Computer Interaction 2E textbook.)

I'm hoping to have Cherry Cough Syrup finished by summer. All mainline levels are in place. Brand new UI. Lots of quality of life improvements. Now all the hard work of wrapping up loose ends.

I'll also add, somewhat immodestly, that I'm on some next-level bullshit with my class slides.

I'm using this design to illustrate how Bogost structures the book, i.e., bookending individual examples of game criticism with an opening and closing argument about what game criticism is (and could be).

Ten years on, it's also a nice snapshot of what games were in conversation at the time.

At some point, I'll share more about my new class, Games as Technical Culture (now on my second iteration), but for now I'm excited to finally have a class that incorporates @ibogost.bsky.social 's How to Talk About Video Games as a means to talk about culturally-informed game criticism.

I've developed a new slide design style this quarter that I'm really happy with. It has a touch of 90s editorial graphic design.

My family thought I was joking when I said Skibidi would feature heavily in my day one lecture for Games as Technical Culture. It's like they don't even know me.

gonna tell my kids this was Skibidi Toilet

Have I mentioned that I really enjoy making class slides?

Made a gif for my upcoming Games as Technical Culture class, and I felt the Internet deserved to have it.

Good news, gamers—I found it.

Might’ve witnessed the greatest work email thread this morning.

First day of winter quarter slide.