as i was walking home last night, i put two heavy metal covers back into place because someone had removed them and hadn't put in the effort to carry them more than a few feet. so my point of order here is, if you are going to try to steal something and carry it away, […]

Two new game studies faculty at Tech. I'm happy to announce that two new games studies faculty, Ian Bogost and Michael Nitsche will be joing us at Georgia Tech this Fall. Some of you already know Ian from watercoolergames and as a frequent commentor here. Ian is… [grandtextauto.org] —— Cool, Ian has a job at […]

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You're Catch-22! by Joseph Heller Incredibly witty and funny, you have a taste for irony in all that you see. It seems that life has put you in perpetually untenable situations, and your sense of humor is all that gets you through them. These experiences have also made you an ardent pacifist, though you present […]

On Heterotopias. Back in October, I promised Chris Locke I would point him to this short essay by Michel Foucault, “Of Other Spaces.” It originally appeared in English in diacritics 16 (Spring 1986), 22-27; Foucault had been tussling with the topic since the time of The Order of Things, where he introduces the utopia-heterotopia distinction. […]

Chubin, Daryl E.ÊÊ(1976).ÊÊThe Conceptualization of Scientific Specialties.ÊÊSociological Quarterly 17: 448-476.ÊÊ Gardner, H.ÊÊ(1999).ÊÊThe Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand.ÊÊ New York:ÊÊSimon & Schuster.Ê Hull, D.L.ÊÊ(2000).ÊÊThe professionalization of science studies: Cutting some slack.ÊÊBiology and Philosophy 15: 61-91.ÊÊ Johann GštschlÊÊ(2001).ÊÊTransdisciplinarity: Dynamic interrelations between disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. in: E. Mariani (ed.).ÊÊUnity of Knowing and Doing: A Transdisciplinary […]

Creative Technology programs and transparency in academia. Geoffrey Rockwell made up a very cool “Creative Technology Curriculum”. I'd have loved to get a degree in that if it had been available when I got into college! Geoffrey also points to a fascinating (if you're interested in the dynamics of academia) document in which the Faculty […]

the roanoke times is reporting that units from the 1/116th infantry will be activated and added to the the 3rd battalian in its activation. This is the storied stonewall Brigade, the spearhead of the d-day assault, some parts of which haven't been activated since WWII. Back in the day, I served in one of those […]

The Ivy-Covered Console. Following on the heels of last week's AP news article about game studies is a new NYTimes article that interviews several researchers, including Grand Text Auto's own Nick Montfort. New to grandtextauto? Our URL managed to make it into the… [grandtextauto.org] —— and to think that all i had was a lousy […]

More proof satire is becoming impossible to do In case you missed this: Education Secretary Rod Paige called the National Education Association a “terrorist organization” [Politics in the Zeros] — yes, this is pretty much how the bush administration sees everything that doesn't go their way…. it is like electing a bunch of three year […]