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Games Writing and Academic Institutional Authority

Games Writing and Academic Institutional Authority. Gaines Hubbell technical editor @ gaineshubbell. Journal of Games Criticism www.gamescriticism.org. Academia is stagnating. Academia is stagnating. Present Progressive Verb:

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Games Writing and Academic Institutional Authority

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  1. Games Writing and Academic Institutional Authority Gaines Hubbell technical editor @gaineshubbell Journal of Games Criticism www.gamescriticism.org

  2. Academia is stagnating.

  3. Academia is stagnating. • Present Progressive Verb: Denotes an action that is in progress now and uses the present participle with the present tense conjugation of “to be”. • Predicative Adjective: A word that modifies a noun used after a verb, as a predicate.

  4. Academia is stagnating. • Present Progressive Verb: Denotes an action that is in progress now and uses the present participle with the present tense conjugation of “to be”. • Predicative Adjective A word that modifies a noun used after a verb, as a predicate. Male White. In this class, You will learn game design, not feminism... Cis- Wealthy Invites applications in Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Slow... DWM: “academic focus on contributions to historical and contemporary Western civilization made by European males.”

  5. In the meantime... • Some publications are different. • At JGC: • Blind peer review without authority checks. • Judged by the argument, not the jargon. • Short review cycle. • Welcome non-essay formats.

  6. Why? Why should an academic write to a non-academic audience? Why should a non-academic write for an academic publication? Institutional authority isn’t valuable because of an institution. It’s valuable because of what it can help you do. • Knowledge isn’t powerful because of an institution. • It’s powerful because of what it does. • Academia can be a prison for knowledge as much as it can be a pedestal.

  7. Why? Because we are the games writing experts and we have a stake in all of the institutions that practice, inform, value, and evaluate this games writing thing. Why should an academic write to a non-academic audience? Why should a non-academic write for an academic publication? Institutional authority isn’t valuable because of an institution. It’s valuable because of what it can help you do. • Knowledge isn’t powerful because of an institution. • It’s powerful because of what it does. • Academia can be a prison for knowledge as much as it can be a pedestal.

  8. References and Contact Information References Contact Information Journal of Games Criticism http://www.gamescriticism.org gamescriticism@gmail.com Gaines Hubbell, technical editor gaineshubbell@gmail.com @gaineshubbell Nicholas Hanford, editor-in-chief nihanford@gmail.com @manofmanyfrowns • Hawreliak, J. (2013, July 31). Hybrid publishing: The case for the middle-state. First Person Scholar. Retrieved from http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/the-case-for-the-middle-state/ • Wilcox, S. (2013, June 12). Feed-forward scholarship: Why games studies needs middle-state publishing. First Person Scholar. Retrieved from http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/feed-forward-scholarship/ • Yang, R. (2013). Queering game development. Presentation at the first annual meeting of the Queer Games Conference. Retrieved from http://www.twitch.tv/qgcon/c/3156485.

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