It have been two busy months since handing in my PhD. I travelled to San Antonio, Texas to deliver a paper on game journalism and then headed to Tampere, Finland, to talk about my PhD. I also did some lectures and talks in Delft, Amsterdam and Utrecht. See the list here. In the meantime a short text I wrote on the future of the book was published:

- 2011. Nieborg, David B. “Achievement Unlocked!”. In: Mieke Gerritzen, Geert Lovink and Minke Kampman (eds.). Read Where I Am: Exploring New Information Cultures. Valiz: Amsterdam, pp. 117-118.

I did a radio interview May 23 for VARA Radio 1 on my PhD. It was quite a long discussion which covered a lot of ground. You can watch the video of our chat after the break. You can download the mp3 here as well.

More recently my PhD got some more attention via a press release, which can be read here. The press release was picked up by some blogs and maybe a newspaper here or there. There will be more attention, I hope and expect, around the actual defense.

My bi-monthly column for the Dutch newspaper nrc.next (called Next Level) was also published. I have put them all online for your reading pleasure:
- “Gefluister over Warfare“. In: nrc.next. 31 mei 2011, 24.
- “Dat lossen we samen op“. In: nrc.next. 13 mei 2011, p12.
- “Sony Playstation gehackt: gegevens liggen op straat“. In: nrc.next. 28 april 2011, 10
- “Een link tussen games en schietpartijen? Onzin“. In: nrc.next. 14 april 2011, p10.
- “Oorlog is als een game. En iedereen speelt mee“. In: nrc.next. 29 maart 2011, p24.
- “Wij geven er niets aan uit“. In: nrc.next. 17 maart 2011, p25.

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