If you play the game, you'll see that it is a straightforward Pac-Man clone, with a few colors changed. An animated introduction is the only aspect of the work that attaches the theme to the gameplay. It's not even a re-skin; it's just Pac-Man with a...

Abstract for my SLSA plenary — The Society for Science Literature and the Arts annual conference is about to start up here in Atlanta. The program is online, and the SLSA folks have updated it with the abstract for my Friday evening plenary. I...

An image and a story on a theme, circa 1972 — Feb. 21, 1972, Mao's residence, the first meeting between Nixon and Mao, as arranged by Kissinger. Nixon: I have read the chairman's poems and speeches, and I knew he was a professional philosopher. (The...

My Spring 2010 seminar — Some of you might be interested in this, the course description for my Spring 2010 graduate seminar/studio course, LCC 8823 Special Topics in Game Design and Analysis: The Atari Video Computer System: Hacks and Demakes In...

Twitter and Subtlety — In June 2007, Ian McCarthy and I started performing Wandering Rocks on Twitter each Bloomsday. My original explanation of our project began with the phrase "I do not like Twitter." I hadn't realized it until today, but back in...

Learning from the jazz pop instrumental — I seem to wind up in the car for at least part of the early afternoon every Saturday. As a result, I've developed a habit of listening to the reruns of America's Top 40 with Casey Kasem that play on satellite...