Talks on platformization and appification in Estonia
This week is all about Estonia to talk more about about appstudies, appification, and cappitalism (ha!) in Tallinn and then on to AoIR in Tartu to talk about platformization of cultural production. If…
Item on ‘free’ games for TV-show De Rekenkamer
One of the most fundamental parts of my research on apps focuses on the “free-to-play” business model for mobile games. In my paper on Candy Crush, for example, I argue that there is…
Farewell interview for Folia magazine
My “transfer” from the University of Amsterdam to the U of Toronto was noticed by the great people of the University of Amsterdam’s independent Folia Magazine. I did an in-depth interview with Laurens…
Two interviews on word games and esports
In March I did two interviews on games. The first article is on the continuing success of app word games such as Ruzzle and Wordfeud. The TV show “Lingo” got an app spinoff…
Dutch games industry documentary appearance
The Dutch Games Association together with CLICKNL|Games produced a 4-part documentary on the Dutch Games Industry. My contribution discusses the roles of academics in the Dutch ecosystem and I offer my perspective on…
TV interview for 7Ditches
Last month my beard and I had an in-depth 31 minute conversation about my research, business models, app economics, app development, Apple, and the US elections with Krijn Schuurman from 7DitchesTV. Don’t worry,…
Interviews by Emerce, Elsevier, New Scientist, EditieNL and NOS
October and November have been busy months with some nice interviews, profiles and comments about my research (past and present). First off, I contributed to a rather large story on e-sports for Emerce’s…
Parool: “9 Amsterdamse academici onder de 45 die hoge ogen gooien over de grens”
As a lover of listicles I was honored to be among the “Top 9 Amsterdam academics under 45 who are doing well abroad“. I’m one of the youngest and in the great company…
Roundup of media interviews
Last couple of months I did a series of interviews mostly about games and virtual worlds. Check’m out! NOS.nl, July 13, 2015. “‘Op mijn kaartje staat ceo, in mijn hart ben ik een…
Radio interview on game studies & academia
Yesterday, Sunday the 22nd, I was a guest at Radio Swammerdam at AmsterdamFM for an hourlong conversation about game research, game studies and the current crisis at Dutch universities. I was joined by…
