Experience design, video game history, writing. Prof and associate dean @ Illinois Tech. Books: Coin-Operated Americans (Minnesota), Brenda Laurel (Bloomsbury), Historiographies of Game Studies (Punctum).
My name is Pete Kastanes and, I am the creator of the Vanished Chicagoland account. I am on several social media accounts and have a podcast called Vanished Chicagoland Stories. I am also a prostate cancer survivor.