Maggie Greene's discussions

@I_fit_in: It's not a study, it's an academic conference. You might as well say Ian Bogost et al. are doing irreparable harm to the industry by speaking to the potential power of video games, which I think would be a ridiculous statement to make. Read more

@hopelesshindu: It's next week. Sungod was yesterday. Read more

@NotPigeons: That poem contains one of my favorite examples of elision in Latin (deinde usque altera mille ...). What a sad dating sim that would be! Poor Catullus. :( Read more

@Spoony Bard: They died within a day of each other (one was unexpected, the other wasn't), but since they were cremated we had the service several months after they actually died. Read more

@Spoony Bard: I literally never have a day where I don't have something to do. Last time I had a weekend off was to attend my grandparents' funerals, so not exactly 'fun' relaxing stuff. Read more

@Spoony Bard: I'm getting my PhD in modern Chinese history. Research just consumes my life right now, I was running behind coming into the project & it's carried over. Next year will be better! Read more

@Zazu_Yen: Sports are certainly present in many academic studies, at least in my field. We just don't have a dedicated subfield - I'm not sure that's such a bad thing. Read more

@Dr. Futurity: Oh, I don't know. Plenty of people have built lengthy, prestigious careers and are unrepentant, abusive pigs. This is hardly the most vicious debate I've seen, and I don't think Ian's professional credibility is at stake here - unlike some of the epic flame wars fought in my field. Read more

@Demaar: Have you read much scholarship on post-war Japan? The US preserved (against the wishes of many, many people) the emperor system; a lot of what is going on RIGHT NOW is a throwback to 1930s and 19th century culture. Not much of an obliteration, and certainly not cultural genocide. Much of what '[makes]… Read more