ariannagassOct 18, 20183 min readEmbodying Difficulty: Occlusion and Indirection as MechanicsLiz Ryerson’s Problem Attic does not ask players to overcome difficulty (both affectively and mechanically), but rather asks players to...
ajbarnhardtOct 16, 20183 min readThe Curious Case of CompletionismThe first step to solving a problem is admitting it, they say. I am a completionist (to a degree). I attempt to 100% Assassin's Creed...
rissbOct 16, 20183 min readGames for Public HealthDuring the last year, I worked at a nonprofit sexual trauma agency. I was in the Education/Prevention department, so my job was to...
msivitOct 15, 20183 min readTactical hacktivism or a politics of opacity? Rita Raley and Zach BlasLast week we read Rita Raley's "Tactical Media as Virtuosic Performance" (2009) and Zach Blas and Jacob Gaboury's "Biometrics and...
gabojOct 15, 20184 min readAgainst Art GamesI have something to get off of my chest. I hate the term “art games.” I’ve felt this for a long time, but I just keep mulling it over in...
LauOct 14, 20186 min readOn Avant-GardesThe readings this past week, both for Tuesday and Thursday, left me thinking about the concept of political art. As was mentioned in...
zdsmithOct 14, 20182 min readMorgan Stanley and the beauty industryIt didn't come up in our class discussion, but I was distracted by Morgan Stanley's inattention to or compartmentalizing of makeup,...
benny vanderburghOct 14, 20183 min readQueer 90's films - tactical media?Using India’s great definition of tactical media as “temporary performative interventions in the media ecology” brought me to a place...
Steven WymanOct 12, 20183 min readThe Stanley Parable: A True CountergameIn his “Countergaming” article, Galloway lays the groundwork for a new movement in video game media, analogous to the countercinema...
David A. GarnerOct 12, 20184 min readCerteau and Tactical MediaI'm retroactively posting on Rita Raley's "Introduction: Tactical Media as Virtuosic Performance" that we discussed in class on Thursday,...
Marielle IngramOct 11, 20182 min readOn Time Crystals and InterfacesIn his (extremely dense) essay, "Machines to Crystalize Time", Maurizio Lazzarato argues for an understanding of video as a technology...
indiawestonOct 11, 20184 min readAlternate Reality Games and Tactical MediaAfter the Rita Raley reading, my current understanding is that Tactical Media are temporary, performative interventions in the media...
rissbOct 10, 20183 min readRadicalizing Gameplay: Users as ProgrammersThis week's readings have really inspired me, especially since I focus mostly on games. For this post, I'd like to connect Chun's remarks...
nashjenkinsOct 10, 20183 min readRita Raley, Mark Zuckerberg, and Revolutionary FuturesI read Rita Raley and found myself thinking about Mark Zuckerberg. I worked as a reporter in Washington before coming to Chicago, and...
gabojOct 9, 20183 min readModding LiteratureThe occasion of reading Galloway’s “Countergaming” made me think about whether the terms and techniques around modding exist in other...
ajbarnhardtOct 9, 20183 min readThe Control Society of TruckingWhile reading Gilles Deleuze's Postscript on the Societies of Control, I recalled a Vox video I had recently watched on the eventual...
cgortmakerOct 8, 20184 min read"As We May Think" and the Gimmick of the ObsoleteHi all, I didn’t get my blogger permissions worked out until just now, so here’s a belated meditation on how Vannevar Bush’s 1945 essay...
indiawestonOct 7, 20184 min readDigital Media and the Problems of Agency and InteractivityLast Thursday, the word “agency” came up in class around Hansen’s concept of “presencing.” Someone had been wondering what a working...
nashjenkinsOct 3, 20183 min readmitchell, hansen, peters: preliminary thoughts(N.B. I am treating this blog post chiefly as an opportunity to think aloud through this week’s readings, and plan on completely...
uchivgsSep 27, 20181 min readBlogger Capabilities/ProtocolIn addition to the comment function, the Wix blog has a number of applications that can enhance your experience in the course: 1. Follow...
