Today I did a talk on social politics at the Landelijk Psychologie Symposium in Utrecht. Because of that I was invited to do a short radio interview for Radio 1’s BNN Today. If you’re interested, there’s a download link at their website.

It has been a bit quiet here the last month. I spend most of my days in Minneapolis (MN) to work on the second chapter of my PhD. I will continue to work on chapter 3 the coming weeks/months. So you know, my PhD is slated for six chapters and is due September 2010.

I also finished a chapter for a Dutch book on the game industry, tentatively titled “Game journalistiek in Nederland”. The book – titled “Professionals’ Playground” – will probably be published Q1 2010. But, more on that later.

Last weeks has been all about the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Partly because of my work on games & the military-entertainment complex I did some interviews in national media; did a Radio 1 interview and my 90 seconds of fame by appearing in Het Journaal op 3. There was an ongoing debate on the coverage of the Modern Warfare 2 launch on Bashers (here and here).

Did some unannounced talks as well, one talk October 31 on Social Media & Politics for the Amsterdam branch of the Dutch Socialists, and one talk November 4 on the same topic for a student project called “Het Mes in de Democratie”. The last days of November I will do three previously announced lectures. See the post below.

That’s all the news for now. If you want to know what Im doing on a day-to-day basis, just follow my twitter stream (@gamespacenl). Yes, I should integrate it here somewhere, maybe I’ll do that in the downtime around Christmas.

And for those of you in the US, happy Thanksgiving this Thursday!