This Is How We Play It: What a Mega-LAN Can Teach Us About Games

“This is How We Play It: What a Mega-LAN Can Teach Us About Games,” co-authored with Emma Witkowski, Foundations of Digital Games, Monterey, CA, June 2010. [PDF] Abstract Using data gathered through our participant observation and informal interviews at DreamHack Winter 2005 and 2009 we explore a number of themes that not only provide insight…

Becoming a Player: Networks, Structures, and Imagined Futures

“Becoming a Player: Networks, Structures, and Imagined Futures” in Y. Kafai, C. Heeter, J. Denner, and J. Sun (eds.) Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender, Games, and Computing, Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2008. [PDF]

Multiple Pleasures: Women and Online Gaming

“Multiple Pleasures: Women and Online Gaming,” Convergence, Vol. 9, No.1, 21-46, Spring 2003. Copy unavailable. Please refer to my book Play Between Worlds for the most up to date version of the argument.