For more on my new book, visit www.communitiesofplay.com

IndieCade 2009 in Culver City was a huge success, so much so that I forgot to post about it. You can see a list of Finalists and Awards here.

My students just finished their fabulous games for my class:

• Syllabus
• Course Blog
• Final Projects

IndieCade presents its 3rd Annual Indie Games Showcase @ E3 June 2-4. For more visit www.indiecade.com.

Partner: Creative Media Collaborative
Role: Festival Chair

IndieCade Showcases at E3 Summit (left) and GameCity Nottingham (right).

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Client: Turner Broadcasting/Gametap
Role: Uru Anthropologist

Second Life's Uru Island, created by fans, and reopened through Gametap to promote Myst Online: Uru Live

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METANOMICS: Av-Culturation
Host Robert Bloomfield and guests Celia Pearce and Tom Boellstorff
Monday, March 2, Noon to 1 PM Pacific Time
Hear the Podcast
Read the Rebuttals

Class blog, including art projects and blogposts, for my Spring 2009 Section of Experimental Media/Experimental Digital Art.

Celia Pearce gave a lecture for the MIT Gambit Lab and Comparative Media Studies. Click here for lecture abstract, here for the podcast, and here for the PowerPoint.

Listen to the podcast of the January 19 interview with Celia Pearce about indie games on NPR’s “The Business” here.