Benjamin Stokes
@benjaminstokes.net
Media professor and designer at American University. Scholar of play and community empowerment. Democratizing design for stronger places. Book: LOCALLY PLAYED.
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I ADORE alt.ctrl.GDC. Always a highlight of my show. Get those applications in!
Did you know that alt.ctrl.GDC is celebrating 12 years of alternative controllers this year? We’re looking for your coolest idea, if you built it and the game to go with it, it’s time to submit your project!
Submissions close November 20th.
Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc
#GDC2026
Submissions close November 20th.
Submit today! bit.ly/43dEaQc
#GDC2026
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I ADORE alt.ctrl.GDC. Always a highlight of my show. Get those applications in!
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listening to @benjaminstokes.net talk about Locally Made Civic Games
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
listening to @benjaminstokes.net talk about Locally Made Civic Games
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The Washington National Cathedral is slowly building a scale Lego model. One of my students discovered that they have a 500k-block 3d digital model of the cathedral to guide the build & naturally asked: 1) can I have the file?, and 2) do you want a game in it? And they said yes to both! 1/2
September 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Washington National Cathedral is slowly building a scale Lego model. One of my students discovered that they have a 500k-block 3d digital model of the cathedral to guide the build & naturally asked: 1) can I have the file?, and 2) do you want a game in it? And they said yes to both! 1/2
If you’re in DC this weekend, come out and play District Hunt! Incredible puzzle hunt from the folks at Game Genius. www.gamegenius.org/districthunt
District Hunt | Washington DC | Game Genius
Every year, we design a socially themed treasure hunt to support a specific issue and the local organizations addressing it.
www.gamegenius.org
October 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you’re in DC this weekend, come out and play District Hunt! Incredible puzzle hunt from the folks at Game Genius. www.gamegenius.org/districthunt
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NYC recently had a "hey what's up with the new payphones" mystery that is now solved! -mja gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
'What the f--- is this?': What Darren Aronofsky has to do with new payphones in NYC
'Caught Stealing' comes out on Friday. Pick up the right phone, and you might be directed to a promotional gathering or another NYC event.
gothamist.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYC recently had a "hey what's up with the new payphones" mystery that is now solved! -mja gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
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I can't believe New York City finally gave rise to an actual Game For Change
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/25/z...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/25/z...
Zohran’s #ZcavengerHunt was a Rehearsal
by the Money on the Left Editorial Collective What yesterday’s New York City #ZcavengerHunt made visible is a coalition rehearsing public works before even winning the general election. It was not …
moneyontheleft.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I can't believe New York City finally gave rise to an actual Game For Change
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/25/z...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/25/z...
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🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
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Gaming Democracy is described as "the book about Gamergate we have been waiting for" in this @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social roundup of new scholarship about the alt-right. I am thrilled to be in such good company with some scholars who I very much admire.
Reactionary Futurism 2025 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
lareviewofbooks.org
June 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gaming Democracy is described as "the book about Gamergate we have been waiting for" in this @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social roundup of new scholarship about the alt-right. I am thrilled to be in such good company with some scholars who I very much admire.
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Super proud of all my @au-mtd.bsky.social people in Denver for #ICA25 #ICA2025. Lots of great scholarship and the karaoke ain't bad either.
June 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Super proud of all my @au-mtd.bsky.social people in Denver for #ICA25 #ICA2025. Lots of great scholarship and the karaoke ain't bad either.
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We are PROUD to live in the gayest city in the world. 🥰 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
June 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We are PROUD to live in the gayest city in the world. 🥰 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Goodbye to the coinventor of BASIC, who died earlier this month at the age of 96. My first real dive into programming was thanks in part to the design values of this man: Dr. Thomas Kurtz of Dartmouth, and his colleague John Kemeny. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
Thomas E. Kurtz - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Goodbye to the coinventor of BASIC, who died earlier this month at the age of 96. My first real dive into programming was thanks in part to the design values of this man: Dr. Thomas Kurtz of Dartmouth, and his colleague John Kemeny. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...