Gerald Voorhees
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Gerald Voorhees
@gerald-voorhees.bsky.social
(he/him) Critical/cultural games studies. Associate Professor of Communication Arts at U Waterloo. Disabled, biracial Chinese-American rhetorician in Canada.
Thanks to @neveahfs.bsky.social, @jzagal.bsky.social, Ashleigh Cassemere-Stanfieldm, @kishonna.bsky.social, and TreaAndrea Russworm for insightful endorsements,

to the 40+ chapter contributors for their thoughtful scholarship (and patience)

and to Carolyn Jong for the amazing pixel art cover
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Gerald Voorhees
And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.
August 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not even 1 year after imposing austerity on liberal arts programs and suspending Hispanic Studies, Liberal Studies, and German Studies.

These scholarships are wrought from the sweat and tears of Queens faculty, staff, and students
June 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
IDK. the first movie played on social anxiety about people getting sucking into/lost in the cyber world. The present is full of anxiety about the virtual taking over the material world (via AI and social media rather than tanks and bikes). So it tracks with the cultural moment
May 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM