Zach Whalen

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AG CFP Eludamos Perspectives: Next Gen added by Darshana Jayemanne on 04/29/2009 21:05:02
AG Erik Loyer's Stories as Instruments or Why Isn't Bigger Always Better? added by Tanner on 04/10/2009 17:31:25
AG National Center for the History of Electronic Games added by Tanner on 03/18/2009 23:02:15
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AG Becoming Dragon: Race and the War Machine in Battle for Wesnoth's “Flight to Freedom” added by Tof on 01/11/2009 18:58:06
AG Muslim Massacre, Roach Toaster and Iji: Prejudice, Offense, Violence and Hope added by Tof on 10/09/2008 17:12:30
AG Study debunks common assumptions about MMO gamers added by Toby McCall on 09/19/2008 14:39:45
AG Vagrant Glory added by Darshana Jayemanne on 09/15/2008 20:13:38
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University Affiliation:
University of Mary Washington

Academic Position / Rank / Job Title:
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Linguistics, Communication

Biographical Statement:

Zach is an Assistant Professor at the University of Mary Washington where he teaches classes in New Media. His dissertation is The Videogame Text: Typography and Textuality, and his Master's Thesis is a structural take on the role videogame music plays in the experience of gameplay. Zach is coeditor, with Laurie N. Taylor of Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Videogames. He has published in Game Studies, Refractory, FlowTV, Work and Days and is the webmaster for this site.

Member for:
3 years 46 weeks