Jonne Arjoranta @jaranta@scholar.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Specialized in philosophy, game studies and digital culture.
What sets humans apart from other animals?
Professor Alexandra Horowitz has the perfect answer: obsession with that very question.
Time I will never get back: formatting articles according to different journals idiosyncratic styles.
Humble Bundle has a good collection of game studies books in a DRM-free multi-format bundle. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/game-studies-books
Do you trust this computer? A speculative documentary on what society will look like with AI in it. http://doyoutrustthiscomputer.org/watch
You can now pre-order the first handbook to introduce #role-playing #game #studies as a field. https://www.routledge.com/Role-Playing-Game-Studies-Transmedia-Foundations/Deterding-Zagal/p/book/9781138638907
The Guardian has an article on evocative LARP that explores political problems, including Haluat hisar, which I participated in - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/can-live-action-role-play-larp-save-the-world
Do we have a social media button that people can add to webpages, signatures, etc?
#socialcoop
My abstract was accepted into #DiGRA2018. Come hear me talk about interpretation as a game mechanic and as a challenge. See you in Turin!
I have a lecture next week and I had the noble intention of preparing it well in advance. It... didn't happen.
This review of Petersons "12 Rules of Life" is an excellent summary of intellectual history and shows how reactionary readings equating postmodernism with Marxism are both lazy and wrong.
https://www.viewpointmag.com/2018/01/23/postmodernism-not-take-place-jordan-petersons-12-rules-life/
How was programming made masculine after being first seen as a female profession? - http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2011/researcher-reveals-how-%E2%80%9Ccomputer-geeks%E2%80%9D-replaced-%E2%80%9Ccomputergirls%E2%80%9D
Hi, I'm a postdoctoral researcher in #gamestudies and #digitalculture, with a background in #philosophy. I like #opensource tools, write in #markdown and make #bots for fun.