Author Archives: Amelia Serafine

In The New Digital Storytelling, Bryan Alexander examines the narrative potential of “small” video games, including web-browser games.He suggests that historical video games have the opportunity to tell intellectually and emotionally meaningful stories through player participation, sensual immersion, and mystery … Continue reading →

Over Spring break, I searched for creative ways to avoid comps- one of which was watching foreign soap operas on youtube. One of the things that struck me was the prevelance of gay and lesbian storylines. LGBTQ characters are coming … Continue reading →

Sticking with the Frick theme- a historical composite of the Homestead Strike and Alexander Berkman’s attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick.

The Frick Art and Historical Center in Pittsburgh is an historical house with big pretensions. Its website features sumptous images of the house’s exterior and interior as well as several images of the fine art on display. It is easy … Continue reading →

“Share your Life in Photos.” Pretty sweet idea, Flickr. Most of us have gotten used to sharing ourselves- our digital selves, anyway. Creating a Flickr account means a Flickr persona, as well. If I sign up (and more on that … Continue reading →

The “Republic of Letters,” so important in the formation of the public sphere, was marked by a proliferation of printed materials. In “Zograscopes and the Mapping of Polite Society,” Erin C. Blake builds on Habermas’ ideas of an emerging eighteenth … Continue reading →

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.” – Oscar Wilde As I’m nearing the end of my PhD coursework and contemplating leaping (Indiana Jones like) … Continue reading →