My name is Kris Ligman and I am your friend with a computer.
I have a BA in Film/Television from UCLA where I completed a thesis on videogame audience cultures. My MA was in Critical Studies at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. I consider my main research areas to be non-playing game audiences and spectators, experiential play and database proceduralism.
I am a proud member of Gamasutra‘s news and editorial team. On the side I run This Week in Videogame Blogging for Critical Distance, which also appears regularly on Gamasutra.
Places Where My Work Has Appeared
dichtung-digital (BA thesis) – 2008
PopMatters Moving Pixels (reviews and weekly column) – 2010-2011
Gameranx (news and features) – 2011-2012
The Border House (feature) – 2012
CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT (“Addiction” issue) – 2012
Five Out of Ten (“New Horizons” issue) – 2012
Podcast Appearances
Moving Pixels Podcast – 2010-2011
Critical Distance Confab: “Winter Round-up, Winter Round-up” – December 28 2011
Experience Points Podcast: “Bioware Blues” – April 4 2012
Dialogue Tree: “Specificity” – October 22 2012
Print Interviews
Culture Ramp: “The Curator” – 2012
Comments
What I don’t get is how you can do all that and still be a grad student? I guess it takes work being queen. Major props!