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An article and an interview

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-10-14 · 12 Comments

About two weeks I had my first ever paid-for article published. “Are Videogames Conservative?” appeared in the September edition of The IPA Review (57:3). Today, Libby Price, a presenter on Melbourne radio station 3LO, got in contact with me to do a radio interview. I managed to schedule a break in my Berlitz training so [...]

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MIT Blog Survey

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-07-2 · Leave a Comment

Today I did a survey that MIT is carrying out. The questions focus on what your blogging practice is like, and on what kinds of people you know personally. If you read this and keep a blog, give it a go. Hell, there sure are stupider internet surveys you could do. Thanks to dogpossum for [...]

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Thesis: Ch. 1–Introduction

By Ben Hourigan On 2005-03-20 · 3 Comments

Today I’ve posted the frontmatter and introduction of my PhD thesis on role-playing videogames, which now has “its own page here.”:http:/benhourigan.com/phd-thesis I’m really hoping to get some feedback on this, especially from gamers. Some reasons why you should read the thesis as I serialise it, so you can give me comments: * It’s the only [...]

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    Ben Hourigan is an indie novelist, the author of Kiss Me, Genius Boy (2011). He is also the manager of digital operations at a Melbourne design publisher, a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of ebook label hourigan.co.

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