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November 2020

November 09, 2020

Re-Rolling the Past: Representations and Reinterpretations of Antiquity in Analog and Digital Games

An interesting upcoming event to be held by the Institute for the Study of the...

August 2020

August 03, 2020

Gamifying for a Better Fall Semester

Educators have been told by administrators to prepare to be flexible this upcoming academic year....

May 2020

May 30, 2020

Criticism and Fanaticism

As someone whose life’s work is dedicated to studying things I love, I had to...

October 2019

October 25, 2019

Gamification and Esports at Butler University

I am delighted that news has broken about some intiatives that I've been involved with...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

CUNY Games Conference 6.0 #CFP

The CUNY Games Network (City University of New York) invites all involved in higher education...

August 22, 2019

Grades vs. Learning

One of my favorite things that I learned from teaching a Global and Historical Studies...

August 02, 2018

History, Education, and Gaming

I've been meaning for a while to share some photos of the replica of a...

April 2018

April 08, 2018

Ready Player One

I watched Ready Player One yesterday and really enjoyed it. The movie not only connected...

January 2018

January 02, 2018

OneShot Call for Games

I've come across calls for papers, presentations, book chapters, and a variety of other things...

September 2017

September 08, 2017

Illicit Antiquities Educational Games?

The illegal smuggling of antiquities has been in the news a lot lately (although it has never...

September 05, 2017

I'm really excited about the fact that the major conference in the study of popular...

August 2017

August 21, 2017

Scenes from #GenCon50

I'm going to share some highlights from Gen Con 50, which just concluded yesterday. I've...

August 17, 2017

Gamification in Higher Education #GenCon50 Presentation

I'd like to share some of my experience of Gen Con's Trade Day yesterday. To...

August 15, 2017

About Canon: The Card Game

I hope that readers of this blog have all seen Joseph Hartropp's article about Canon:...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

Terraforming Mars at Game Paradise

I became aware of the game Genesis (the one that I blogged about recently) through the...

July 11, 2017

Games about the Ancient World

As I gear up to present Canon: The Card Game to game companies at Gen...

July 10, 2017

New Canon Deck Available: Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

A while back, Jim Davila asked whether the card game included certain extracanonical Jewish texts, and...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

What’s on Your Gen Con Event Wish List?

The program for Gen Con was made available online on Sunday. That means that you...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Games and Pedagogy

November 2016

November 19, 2016

Bible Games at #AARSBL16

The first paper I went to hear at SBL this year was Chris Heard's survey...

October 2016

October 05, 2016

H(igher)Ed Games

I'm having conversations with colleagues about making some variations of Canon that focus on core...

September 2016

September 17, 2016

Game Designer (More Things You Can Do With A Degree In Religion)

When I have drawn up lists in the past of famous people who have majored...

September 03, 2016

Canon: The Card Game is NOW AVAILABLE!

Canon: The Card Game is now available for purchase! There are currently three decks available:...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Minds on Fire: Reacting to the Past Through Role Play

I've mentioned before the role-playing game that others had drawn to my attention, to replicate...

July 2016

July 24, 2016

Should You Be Making Games?

It was interesting to have an article come across my feed, providing guidance about whether...

July 14, 2016

Taxonomy Go!

A friend and former colleague posted the meme above, and I found it funny, but...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

We live in an age unlike others, when more people outside of China have at...

June 20, 2016

Gaming in Ancient Israel

The Israel Antiquities Authority has an interesting piece on their website about ancient games, some...

June 15, 2016

Archaeology Gaming

Via The Dice Tower, I learned of this archaeology game: It seems to me that...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

When Academics Play RPGs

This sample of how a role playing game works made me laugh. Does anyone know...

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