What are you currently reading?
Simulation theory; digital game theory; histories of WWII; histories of ancient warfare; cybertheory, Tolkien.
What are your favourite texts?
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings;
- Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose;
- Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach;
- The Beatles, full corpus
- Joss Whedon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 7-season TV show
- Alexander Pope, The Dunciad.
What are the top five texts that you find to be the most useful for teaching?
- Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
- Timothy Findley, Not Wanted on the Voyage
- Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen, Reading Images
- Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, Rules of Play
What texts have you had the most fun researching?
- Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- Tom Holland, Rubicon
- David Glantz and Jonathan House, When Titans Clashed
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
- Mordecai Richler, St. Urbain's Horseman
What would you be if you weren't an English professor?
Designing games, working with startup companies, and wishing I was an English professor
