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It's kind of interesting to see the AD argue so heavily for Collective Bargaining given he couldn't require nor enforce such a deal with athletes even if he wanted to given the state's heavy right to work stance.

I wish I could, I really do. Maybe another time I can sneak off and tell you all about the student club efforts in gaming.

Wait. @ibogost.com is gonna give a talk at UT while I have to present at another meeting at the same time. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

😭😭😭

Anyway. The rest of you should come.

Fun fact. Every 4 years enrollment in Curling 101 maxes out among the undergrads.

The System Sucks, This Job Sucks.
I just want some sleep.

Would make a very good tee-shirt slogan.

For what its worth.

It's the 14th day. Time to do my real job and count all the students.

Now if they'd please hold still so I don't lose track that'd be cool.

I loathe,the idea that Universities, which already generally pay less than average for most professions, ask employees to donate back to their employer.

But...

You can pick your cause in the Big Orange Family Campaign. So why not consider giving to the Esports Club.

giving.utk.edu/esports

I'm only 600 pages in. But let me say. I don't think I've ever read 600 pages so quickly. I only cracked this open for the first time on Friday.

For the last 6 months I've gotten really into audiobooks and it started getting me excited for reading again in a way I hadn't experienced since I was younger reading the Hunger Games or HP.

But then I found Dungeon Crawler Carl and whoa man. I don't think I've been so enamored with a book series.

Rad Dudes, Rude ‘Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s | Games: Research and Practice The tale of the console wars of the 1990s, the stodgy, conservative, family-friendly Nintendo consoles waging an advertising war against the rebellious upstarts behind the Sega Genesis, has been told ...

My latest co-authored article with Megan Condis was just published in Games: Research and Practice. And it's open access!

Check out "Rad Dudes, Rude ‘Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s."

YouTube video by Heroes of the Storm A New Hero: The Rise of College Esports

The bird app got me all nostalgic. Rewatching a classic.

youtu.be/-WrSY6ZGZMs?...

Snowday problems. Worked on my laptop half the day. Came downstairs to my work machine to see this while the kid has run off to swim practice.

I'm really pushing for 2XKO too, but we are also looking at Mario Kart, Splatoon, and more.

Volan 2026 The best place for Volan 2026 brackets, streams, standings and schedules all in one place!

Volan 2026 is happening and signups are live.

start.gg/volan26

Still working on a final list of games so check back if your favorite isn't on there. Plan for at least - OW2, Valorant, Rivals, LOL, Rocket League, Smash (in all its forms), SF6, Tekken, GG:Strive and more.

Game Studies people. I have questions.

I wonder how many youths don't realize it's called a podcast because you would have to download it so you could listen on your iPod?

The absurdity of the college football calendar is perfectly embodied by students having to enter the transfer portal less than 24 hours after winning (or losing) a national championship.

They haven't even had the parade yet..for the love.

The University pretending like 24/7 access to an electronic W2 is some awesome new "service" provided to us by a third party support company, as if they've forgotten that the old system had a copy of every form they've ever sent me the last 15 years at the click of a button.

We've gone backwards.

Do we ever think about how odd the timeline for hiring in higher education is?

Post job in October. Begin review in November. Interview a handful on zoom in Dec/Jan. Bring them to campus in Feb. Budget for job approved in June. Job starts in August.

Wash, Rinse, Repeat.

APSU settles with professor fired over Charlie Kirk post Austin Peay State University will pay one of its professors $500,000 after initially firing him for a social media post made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.

Interesting.

www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

"Brand New" social media policy includes thinking Vine is still around.

The SEC is 4-9 in post season play is even more striking given that 2 of those wins (and technically 2 of the losses) were guaranteed.

Remove those 2 games and in reality they are 2-7.

All the readers of Dungeon Crawler Carl are aware that Grok has simply reached the next phase of his growth before he goes Primal. If we just send in the Liaison to negotiate a peace we can get on with the Crawl as planned.

My library has access to it. Can try to send to you.

Honestly using Copilot to help with my particular line of work has only further solidified to me how easy it is to use ai to explain why you couldn't replace me with ai.

My favorite is when the code snippet simply says =

I started using Copilot for work to help me write and learn some new (to me) excel formulas assuming the one thing it should be good at is using its own programs.

It does an ok job explaining, but in providing code snippet examples to use it's on a current 30% correct or complete rate.

Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar day 1.

Since moving, I did not realize how little wind we got in the valley in TN. My new place feels like it's constantly trying to get blown away.

Looking at the SEC football schedule this week. I do think the state schools should at least be required to schedule homecoming against an in-state opponent.