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FRIDAY @ 10AM EST🌺Pumped to present on this Game Studies roundtable about Studying/Speaking to Media Industries!#CPOrlando Console Passion Ft. super-convener Mellon-ated Scholar!! & killer co-respondents Amanda Cote Christopher A. Paul kelly @digitalpromises Dr. Akil Fletcher (+ moi) 🎮

And don’t forget to catch “Studying and Soeaking to Industries: A Game Studies Roundtable” online tomorrow in the Indigo Room (10-11:30am Eastern) to see Christine H. Tran ❤️‍🩹✨🕹 Dr. Akil Fletcher Christopher A. Paul kelly @digitalpromises and me!

Hey everyone! I found the recording of the talk Amanda Cote, kelly, @digitalpromises, Christine H. Tran ❤️‍🩹✨🕹, Christopher A. Paul and I gave last month! So feel free to check out "Studying and Speaking to Industries: A Game Studies Roundtable" here!: stars.library.ucf.edu/cp2022/program…

Dusted off this bad boy in preparation for a talk about gamer culture. Let us all take a moment for this gem of a quote (and gem of a book) Christopher A. Paul #gamestudies

Game Removes Loot Boxes, Players Revolt Instead Of Celebrate kotaku.com/brawl-stars-lo…

How do YOU feel about mobile gaming? 📱 In this book, Christopher A. Paul offers an examination of #FreeToPlay and #MobileGames that traces what is valued and what is marginalized in discussions of games. 👉thevideogamelibrary.org/book/free-to-p… #Gaming #GameDev #IndieDev

Sorry to be missing #DiGRA2023, but the work I would have been talking about comes out in a book in time for the next conference! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744404/o…

Spring 2024… mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547789/… Featuring a big brother anecdote and a citation of Taran Armstrong

New book coming out 23 April. Barnes and Noble is running 25% off preorders today and tomorrow with code PREORDER25: barnesandnoble.com/w/optimizing-p…

Getting set to present in about an hour at #SCMS24 and realizing that few in the audience has likely seen me kick it before. Missing you kelly likely to be some wide eyes ;-)

Was fun talking to CBS Saturday Morning about #TopSpin2K25 last week: youtube.com/watch?v=V7PvyL…

One week from today the new book drops. 15 May Optimizing Play with The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547789/…

Janet Borgerson Pre Marcus Carter Laura McLauchlan https://bsky.app/profile/lauramcl 📘 Optimizing Play ✍ Christopher A. Paul An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization. #OpenAccess edition available. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547789/

Monday, June 24th Third Place Books welcomes Seattle University professor Christopher A. Paul to discuss his new book, "Optimizing Play: Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It." This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here 👇🏻 thirdplacebooks.com/event/christop…

Thanks to Noah… and the awesome folks at The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social the new book dropped today. And it's open access day one. Check it out or pick up a copy at your local bookstore: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547789/…

Put together a list of books on understanding games in conjunction with the launch of the new book. Great to shout out Mia Consalvo Mellon-ated Scholar!! and Dr. Bo Ruberg shepherd.com/best-books/und…

Join us on June 24th at Third Place Books with Christopher A. Paul to discuss "Optimizing Play," an unexpected take on how games work and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization. Q&A and signing to follow! RSVP here 👇🏻 thirdplacebooks.com/event/christop…

As we get hyped for another Big Brother season, must mention that the new book intro contains analysis of the Big Brother meta with an obligatory shout out to Taran Armstrong mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547789/…

An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization. "Optimizing Play" by Christopher Paul is available now (and in a free #openaccess edition, too!) 👉 bit.ly/4foRft3 Christopher A. Paul