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Well, the cat has clawed its way out of the bag! I am happy to announce that I have completed my Ph.D. in Anthropology at UCI! I will be heading to Princeton University in the fall to start a postdoc and teach about race and gaming! I am officially Dr. Akil Fletcher!

Here's the first time that my name appears in the credits of a video game- and it's #DiabloIV! Holy hell!! I worked with some very talented and passionate people on an incredible experience. I hope you're able to play or find a moment to watch it with someone cool on Twitch.

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🚨 BREAKING: ~40% of Reddit is going dark for 48 hours. Here’s what’s going on 👇

Does anyone know where I should place this on my CV? (Simulate the anxieties of PhD research for yourself here: research.wmz.ninja/projects/phd/i…)

Thanks to all who attended, presented, and helped organize #GenerationAnalog2023! This is a collective effort every year, and every year we are rewarded. You can already check out the Day 1 video playlist in case there was a particular talk you missed! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

So excited to see this in print! A lot of excellent work on Magic: The Gathering in this collection. I'd like to thank the many current and former MTG pros I spoke to about the game's competitive history. And thank you, Shelly, for making this whole collection happen amidst a pandemic.

Our collection about live streaming culture, Real Life in Real Time, is now officially available from The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social!! Huge thanks to my stellar co-editors Christopher J. Persaud Amanda 💙 & Dr. Bo Ruberg, cover artist Nyura✨Pixel Artist, and our phenomenal authors 🤩 Curious what's inside?👇🏾

Chapter 12: "Shout-Outed: Pronoun Hazards in Live Streamed Esports Events (A Conversation with Sasha 'Magi' Sullivan)" by Matt Knutson

Join us on October 11 for the next Esports Research Colloquium! 🗓️ Excited to have Seth Jenny, Nico Besombes 🦋, Tom Brock, Amanda Cote, and Tobias M. Scholz share insights from their Routledge Handbook of Esports project! Zoom session link: uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/67292635138?…

You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉 bsky.social/about/blog/02-…