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For the very first time this past week, we tried a new approach to the Queerness and Games Conference! Now that I work at USC’s Interactive Media and Games Division (IMGD), we decided to bring a mini version of the … Continue reading →

As always, the Queerness and Games Conference this past weekend blew me away. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who made the event possible. My special, infinite gratitude goes to my amazing co-organizers Christopher Goetz, Chelsea … Continue reading →

You may have heard me raving about it on my Twitter feed, but the students in USC’s Interactive Media and Games program are amazing. Not only are they super creative and super smart, they’re also passionate about games as a … Continue reading →

The Queerness and Games Conference is officially back for 2015! This year’s conference will take place on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, 18. We received a wonderful batch of submissions for session proposals and we have an exciting new location … Continue reading →

One of the many things that makes me super excited to begin my new job as a postdoc at USC’s Interactive Media and Games Division is the chance to design and teach a new upper-level course that focuses on critical … Continue reading →

I’m very excited to report that, in just a few months, I’ll be headed down to the Interactive Media and Games Division (IMGD) at the University of Southern California as a Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar. I’ll get the change to work … Continue reading →

Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to serve as guest editor for a series of four issues of the wonderful online journal First Person Scholar. First Person Scholar‘s mission is to publish dynamic critical writing on games, … Continue reading →

After years as a games journalist and then years as a grad student, I’ve finally had the chance to return to the Game Developers Conference as a plain old speaker and attendee. Still, that reporting instinct is in my blood, … Continue reading →

Well, it’s December, and the 2014 Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon) and the accompanying Queerness and Games undergraduate game design workshop have both come and gone. I’m happy to report that both were hugely successful! This was our second year … Continue reading →

My co-organizers and I are very proud of the wonderful students who took part in the pilot program of the Queerness and Games Design Workshop here at Berkeley in September and October. Our hope was to put accessible game-making tools … Continue reading →