A philosopher’s musings on Joseph Jacotot’s experience in the 18th century with teaching students by being “ignorant” and equal to his students rather than being a gatekeeper of knowledge constantly moving goalposts to remain one step ahead the students and, in doing so, remain above them hierarchically.

A deep dive into various kinds of gambling in the UK and how its changed (mostly becoming more deregulated and more tech-enabled) over time.

An academic book diving deep into all aspects of machine gambling (slots, video poker, etc.) in Las Vegas.

In the time since 2012 when this book was published, it seems as though the gambling machines have escaped their confinement in Las Vegas and have found themselves deeply entrenched in our own pockets and, more importantly, our minds.

I’m a big Doom head. An academic game studies / history book about Doom is right up my alley. 3/4 of the way through it so far and I’m enjoying it! It’s getting me excited to play the original Doom levels again and giving me some ideas on how I could go about writing about Doom levels.

Collection of academic articles in comics studies. Starts with a great comic strip introducing the collection itself followed by comic panels drawn by the authors of the articles themselves. Very cool!

Collection of academic articles in comics studies.