Heather Chaplin's guest appearances

Heather Chaplin

MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

Another Castle

Author2Author

The Public Library with Helen Little

Richard Rouse

Jesper Juul

McKenzie Wark

Laura Dave

Frank Lantz

Tembi Locke

Cameron Esposito

Robert Dugoni

Jane McGonigal

Lori Gottlieb

Gary Gach

Lynn Nottage

Toni Morrison

Jennifer Weiner

Carole Bayer Sager

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Heather Chaplin "Reckless Years"

Bill welcomes journalist and memoirist Heather Chaplin to the show. Heather has written about all kinds of things in her journalism career and is the founding director of the Journalism + Design program at The New School. She is the author of, Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution, and, most recently, the memoir, Reckless Years: A Diary of Love and Madness.

Author2Author with Heather Chaplin

As a journalist covering games since 2001, Chaplin has seen a lot of changes in the industry and among game academics. In this talk she will give an overview of the most important and interesting trends, including emerging thinking on ideas about game literacies and the acceptance of games as facilitators of transformative experiences. This will include ideas about play as a crucial part of human development and a potentially subversive act, and the rise of systems thinking. Chaplin is not a games evangelist, so the talk will cast a skeptical eye on the current trend of games as an answer for all that ails society. She will also talk about my experiences in general as a journalist during the rise of the Internet, and share my thinking on the journalism program she is developing at The New School.Heather Chaplin is an assistant professor of journalism at The New School and author of the book, Smartbomb: The Quest for Art Entertainment and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, GQ, Details, and Salon. She was a regular contributor for All Things Considered, covering videogames. She has been interviewed for and cited in on the topic of games for publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Businessweek, and The Believer and has appeared on shows such as Talk of the Nation, and CBS Sunday Morning.

As a journalist covering games since 2001, Chaplin has seen a lot of changes in the industry and among game academics. In this talk she will give an overview of the most important and interesting trends, including emerging thinking on ideas about game literacies and the acceptance of games as facilitators of transformative experiences. This will include ideas about play as a crucial part of human development and a potentially subversive act, and the rise of systems thinking. Chaplin is not a games evangelist, so the talk will cast a skeptical eye on the current trend of games as an answer for all that ails society. She will also talk about my experiences in general as a journalist during the rise of the Internet, and share my thinking on the journalism program she is developing at The New School.<br><br>Heather Chaplin is an assistant professor of journalism at The New School and author of the book, Smartbomb: The Quest for Art Entertainment and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, GQ, Details, and Salon. She was a regular contributor for All Things Considered, covering videogames. She has been interviewed for and cited in on the topic of games for publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Businessweek, and The Believer and has appeared on shows such as Talk of the Nation, and CBS Sunday Morning.

Heather Chaplin, "Games and Journalism"

Heather Chaplin talks about her book Smart Bomb and tells stories about her favorite game developers. She also discusses her famous GDC rant.

A Conversation with Heather Chaplin