Judd Ruggill

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Books

• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., Nichols, R., & Kaufman, R. (2017). Inside the Video Game Industry: Game Developers Talk About the Business of Play. New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group).
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2015). Tempest: Geometries of Play. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/lvg.13030180.0001.001
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2012). AZ 100 Indie Film: A State of Arizona Centennial Celebration. Tucson: Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry/Arizona Media Arts Center.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2011). Gaming Matters: Art, Science, Magic, and the Computer Game Medium. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Chaney, J. R. (2009). The Computer Culture Reader. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2008). Fluency in Play: Computer Game Design for Less Commonly Taught Language Pedagogy. Tucson: Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy—A U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Foreign Language Resource Center.
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  Funded by a competitive grant from the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy.
• McAllister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. (2005). Game Studies: A Report on the State of the Field. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal 2.1.

Chapters

• Ruggill, J., McAllister, K. S., & Crisman, J. (2020). In Praise of Stupid: Games, Play, and Ideology in the Smart City. In Games and Play in the Creative, Smart & Sustainable City.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2018). Tempest: Archives/Archiving. In How to Play Video Games. New York: New York University Press.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Zimmerman, J. J. (2018). The Overhead Projector: Visuality and Materiality. In Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence. New York: Routledge.
• Mcallister, K. S., Ruggill, J. E., Conradi, T., Conway, S., deWinter, J., Hanson, C., Kocurek, C. A., Moberly, K. A., Nichols, R., Nohr, R. F., & Ouellette, M. A. (2016). Apportioned Commodity Fetishism and the Transformative Power of Game Studies. In Examining the Evolution of Gaming and Its Impact on Social, Cultural, and Political Perspectives(pp 96-122). Hershey: IGI Global.
• Reynolds, R. H., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2016). Game Culture. In Debugging Game History: A Critical Lexicon(pp 187-94). Cambridge: MIT Press.
• Rick, D. W., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2016). Vector Graphics. In Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games(pp 1-4). Cham: Springer International.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2016). E(SRB) is for Everyone: Game Ratings and the Practice of Content Evaluation. In Video Game Policy: Production, Distribution, and Consumption(pp 71-84). New York and London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group).
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2016). E(SRB) is for everyone: Game ratings and the practice of content evaluation. In Video Game Policy: Production, Distribution, and Consumption. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315748825
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  Introduction Steven Conway & Jennifer deWinter Section I: Intellectual Property, Privacy, and Copyright 1. Laws of the Game: Intellectual Property in the Video Game Industry Mark Methenitis 2. Digital Locks, Labor, and Play in Canada's Copyright Policy: Filtering Power through Configurations of Game Development Owen Livermore 3. The Princess Doesn't Leave the Castle: How Nintendo's WiiWare Imprisons Indie Game Design Theo Plothe 4. Policies, Terms of Service, and Social Networking Games Stephanie Vie Section II: Rating Systems and Cultural Politics 5. E(SRB) Is for Everyone: Game Ratings and the Practice of Content Evaluation Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister 6. Games for Grown-Ups?: An Historical Account of the Australian Classification System Steven Conway and Laura M. Crawford 7. Rockstar versus Australia Mark Finn 8. Play Britannia: The Development of U.K. Video Game Policy Ren Reynolds Section III: Violence in Video Games 9. Re-conceptualizing Game Violence: Who Is Being Protected and from What? Gareth Schott and Frans Mayra 10. Playing Around with Causes of Violent Crime: Violent Video Games as a Diversion from the Policy Challenges Involved in Understanding and Reducing Violent Crime James D. Ivory and Adrienne Holz Ivory 11. Banning Violent Video Games in Switzerland: A Public Problem Going Unnoticed Michael Perret 12. Toxic Gamer Culture, Corporate Regulation, and Standards of Behavior among Players of Online Games Thorsten Busch, Kelly Boudreau, and Mia Consalvo Section IV: Politics and Regulations 13. The Right to Play in the Digital Era Tom Apperley 14. Against the Arcade: Video Gaming Regulation and the Legacy of Pinball Carly A. Kocurek 15. Curt Schilling's Gold Coins: Lessons for Creative Industry Policy in Light of the 38 Studios Collapse Randy Nichols 16. The Ban on Gaming Consoles in China: Protecting National Culture, Morals, and Industry within an International Regulatory Framework Bjarke Liboriussen, Andrew White, and Dan Wang 17. Regulating Rape: The Case of RapeLay, Domestic Markets, International Outrage, and Cultural Imperialism Jennifer deWinter Afterword Ashley S. Lipson
• Grewell, G., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2015). "You Really Do Have Brain-Damage, Don’t You?”: Ridicule as Game Mechanic in the Portal Series. In “The Cake is a Lie”: Polyperspektivische Betrachtungen des Computerspiels am Beispiel von Portal(pp 323-48). Münster/Berlin: Lit-Verlag.
• Mcallister, K. S., Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2015). E(SRB) is for everyone: Game ratings and the practice of content evaluation. In Video Game Policy: Production, Distribution, and Consumption. Taylor and Francis. doi:10.4324/9781315748825-6
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2014). Foreword. In Computer Games and Technical Communication: Critical Methods & Applications at the Intersection(pp xvii-xviii). Surrey: Ashgate Publishing.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2013). Against the Use of Computer Games in the Classroom: The Wickedness of Ludic Pedagogies. In The Game Culture Reader(pp 86-102). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2013). Invention, Authorship, and Massively Collaborative Media. In Media Authorship(pp 137-50). New York: Routledge.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2010). "Is He 'Avin a Laugh?": The Importance of Fun to Virtual Play Studies. In Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies: Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play(pp 43-58). Lanham: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Chaney, J. R. (2009). Introduction: Without Analogy. In The Computer Culture Reader(pp 1-8). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2008). "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting": Picchiaduro, film videoludici e genere. In Schermi Interattivi: Il cinema nei videogiochi(pp 169-88). Rome: Meltemi Editore.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2006). Video Game. In American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things that have Shaped Our Culture(pp 727-32). Westport: Greenwood Press.
• Menchaca, D., Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2004). How to Run a Game Night. In Game Work: Language, Power, and Computer Game Culture(pp 181-98). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2003). The Lone Ranger. In American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia(pp 275-6). London: Sage.

Journals/Publications

• Rios, F., Laserre, M., McAllister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. (2020). Sustaining Software Preservation Efforts Through Use and Communities of Practice. International Journal of Digital Curation, 15(1). doi:10.2218/ijdc.v15i1.696
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2018). Playing to Death. American Journal of Play.
• Ruggill, J. E., Conradi, T., Conway, S., Mcallister, K. S., Nohr, R. F., Rohle, T., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2014). Game studies as field, formation, and geography: a conversation. Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2013). Union Yes? Computer Game Design, Management, and Labor Relations. G|A|M|E: The Italian Journal of Game Studies, 2(2), Web.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2012). Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice. Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, 4(2), 189-93.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2012). Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three: Quality Assurance and Game Development. Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, 4(3), 289-95.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2011). On the Practice of Contemporary Computer Game Development: An Interview with Ryan Kaufman. Journal of Media Practice, 12(1), 89-93.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2011). Computer Game Archiving and the Serious Work of Silliness. Animation Journal, 19, 67-77.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2011). Moving Targets: The Constant Change of Mobile Game Development. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 5(1), 93-98.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2010). "Stay Small and Keep it All": Making a Big Splash in Boutique Game Development. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 4(1), 103-07.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2010). No B.S.: The Contemporary Practice of Game Education, Design, and Development. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 4(1), 117-22.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2010). Development in Context. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 4(1), 101.
• Ruggill, J. E., Jahn-Sudmann, A., & Schröder, A. (2010). Special Issue. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 4(2), 133-338.
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• Ruggill, J. E., Nichols, R. J., Moeller, R. M., & Mcallister, K. S. (2010). Preface: A Community of Players. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 4(2), 133.
• deWinter, J., Griffin, D., Mcallister, K. S., Moeller, R. M., & Ruggill, J. E. (2010). Computer Games Across the Curriculum: A Critical Review of an Emerging Techno-Pedagogy. Currents in Electronic Literacy, 11, Web.
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  Reprinted in _Gaming as Imagination Technology_. Ed. Lonny J. Avi Brooks and Barbara Keyser. San Diego: Cognella, 2013. 69-82.
• deWinter, J., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2010). Evoking the Inexpressible: The Fine Art and Business of Games. Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture, 4(2), 109-15.
• Lowood, H., Lowood, H., Monnens, D., Monnens, D., Vowell, Z., Vowell, Z., Ruggill, J. E., Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., Mcallister, K. S., Armstrong, A., & Armstrong, A. (2009). Before It's Too Late: A Digital Game Preservation White Paper. American Journal of Play, 2(2), 139-66.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2009). Convergence: Always Already, Already. Cinema Journal, 48(3), 105-10.
• Thompson, J., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2009). Onward Through the Fog: Computer Game Collection and the Play of Obsolescence. M/C Journal, 12(3), Web.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2006). The Wicked Problem of Collaboration. M/C Journal, 9(2), Web.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2005). Preface. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal, 2(1), 2.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2005). Special Issue. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal, 2(1), 1-84.
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• Ruggill, J. E., Moeller, R. M., Pearce, B., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005). Teaching Media Culture with Computer Games. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Journal, 2(1), 53-58.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2004). Corporate Cunning and Calculating Congressmen: A Political Economy of the Game Film. TEXT Technology, 13(1), 53-72.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Menchaca, D. (2004). The Gamework. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 1(4), 297-312.
• Scott, R., & Ruggill, J. E. (2004). Simulation or Simulacrum?: The Promise of Sports Games. Works and Days, 22(43/44), 63-69.

Proceedings Publications

• Lowood, H., Armstrong, A., Monnens, D., Vowell, Z., Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., Donahue, R., & Pinchbeck, D. (2009, September). Before It’s Too Late: Preserving Games Across the Industry/Academia Divide. In DiGRA '09 - Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory, 5, 1-7.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Wiener, D. (2003, Spring). Leaving the "Prison for your Mind": The Matrix’s Escapist and Orienting Liberatory Insights. In Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Menchaca, D. (2003, Spring). The Game-work: Toward an Art of Computer Game Analysis. In Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations, 784-91.

Presentations

• McAllister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. (2017, February). Game Studies Wrap-Up Session. Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM: Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2017, October). Futility, Futurity, and Junk: Thoughts on the Theory and Practice of Computer Game Archiving. ZeM Events. Potsdam, Germany: ZeM—Brandenburgisches Zentrum für Medienwissenschaften.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2017, February). Conclusions and New Directions. The 38th Annual Conference of The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2017, October). New Ideas of Storytelling and Language Building. TENWEST Festival. Tucson, AZ: Startup Tucson.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2016, February). The Business at Hand. The 37th Annual Conference of The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2016, March). Audiovisual Aids: Producing Media Adjuncts to Scholarly Publications. The 56th Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Atlanta, GA: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2016, March). Gaming the Archive: The Challenges of Games Collections in Libraries, Archives, and Institutions. The 56th Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Atlanta, GA: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
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• Moberly, K., deWinter, J., Ruggill, J. E., & Moeller, R. (2015, October). Harnessing Game-based Principles to Transform Learning and Increase Engagement in Distance and Face-to-Face Classrooms. Gamification Experience. Norfolk, VA: Old Dominion University.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2015, April). Teaching Games in Co-Op Mode: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Workshop. UCLA Game Lab. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Game Lab.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2015, February). The GSCPPA Review. The 36th Annual Conference of The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2015, March). New Directions for the SCMS Media Archives Committee. The 55th Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Montreal, Canada: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2014, October). Show & Tell: Tales from the (Video Game) Archive, Part II. Confluencecenter Show & Tell Series. Tucson, AZ: Confluencecenter for Creative Inquiry/Playground Bar and Lounge.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2014, February). GSCPPA Wrap-up and Roundup. The 35th Annual Conference of The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association.
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• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2013, October). Why Playing Games Makes for Good Homework. Vegas Valley Book Festival. Las Vegas, NV: Vegas Valley Book Festival.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2013, February). Gaming@SW/TX PCA/ACA: The GSCPPA in 2013. The 34th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2013, February). The Computer Culture Reader: Five Years Later. The 34th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2013, October). All Your Crap Are Belong to Us: Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Game Archiving and Preservation from Inside the Learning Games Initiative Research Archive. Game Studies Working Group, Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center. Newark, DE: University of Delaware.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2013, September). A Brief Introduction to the Art, History, and Theory of Video Games. Docents’ Continuing Education Committee. Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Art Museum.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2012, October). Show & Tell: Tales from the (Video Game) Archive. Confluencecenter Show & Tell Series. Tucson, AZ: Confluencecenter for Creative Inquiry/Playground Bar and Lounge.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2012, April). Geometries of Play: Some Thoughts on Game Studies Thirteen Years In. Video Games as Text; Texts as Play Conference. Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2012, February). GSCPP: Recursion, Revision, Response. The 33rd Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2012, March). The iPad for Cinema & Media Studies: A Hands (and Fingers) -on Workshop. The 52nd Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Boston, MA: Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2012, November). Playing with Capital, Capitalizing Play. Flow Conference. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, April). Like Shoveling Sand Against the Tide: Video Game Archiving and Preservation. TEDx ASUWest. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona State University.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, April). Replay: Revisiting the Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area. The 32nd Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. San Antonio, TX: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, January). Computer Games: Heart of the Humanities?. 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, HI: Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, March). SCMS Online: Past, Present, Future. The 51st Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. New Orleans, LA: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, March). Teaching Media Studies Through Video Games. The 51st Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. New Orleans, LA: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
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• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2011, November). Gonzo Archiving: Arcana, Apocrypha, and a Boatload of Computer Games. The 39th Annual Museum Computer Network Conference. Atlanta, GA: The Museum Computer Network.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2010, February). Pulling it all Together: Game Studies as Multi-threaded Processing. The 31st Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2010, March). The Future of the SCMS Conference. The 50th Annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Los Angeles, CA: Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
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• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2010, November). Computer Game Archiving and the Serious Work of Being Silly. Reimagining the Archive: Remapping and Remixing Traditional Models in the Digital Era. Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Los Angeles.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2009, February). Television : Computer - Shared Genome or Mixed Metaphor. Western States Communication Association Convention. Phoenix, AZ: Western States Communication Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2009, February). The Game of Game Studies: A Collaborative Practicum. The 30th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2009, October). Technology and Communication. Brophy Mothers' Guild. Phoenix, AZ: Brophy College Preparatory.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2008, February). Computer Game Archives: An Insider's View of Extant Resources. The 29th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2008, October). Game Studies in the Academy. Flow Conference. Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2008, Spring). Film Fundamentals. The Film Discussion Group. Tucson, AZ: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2008, April). Game to Learn. Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy Workshop. Tucson: Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2008, October). Innovative Technology Tools for the Foreign Language Classroom. Arizona Language Association Fall Conference. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Language Association.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2007, Fall). Contemporary Computer Game-Based Training and Development. Monthly Training Breakfast. Tucson, AZ: American Society for Training and Development, Greater Tucson Chapter.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2007, March). What Marketing and Communications Professionals Really Need to Know About Web 2.0. UA Marketing Group. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2007, February). Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Quality Assurance in Educational Game Development. The 28th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2007, September). "There’s Gold in Them-Thar Hills": Studying, Teaching With, and Building Games in Academe. SimU. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2006, February). Televisuality in the Digital Age: Mitcoms, Broadbandcasting, and the Persistence of Vision. Western States Communication Association Convention. Palm Springs, CA: Western States Communication Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2006, Spring). An Unfinished Life in Reel Time. OneBookAZ: One Book, One Month, One Goal. Green Valley, AZ: Tucson-Pima Public Library - Joyner-Green Valley Branch.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2006, Spring). An Unfinished Life in Reel Time. OneBookAZ: One Book, One Month, One Goal. Tucson, AZ: Tucson-Pima Public Library - Southwest Branch.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Wyman, M. T. (2006, October). Educational Game Design and Development. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference. Oxford, OH: The International Digital Media and Arts Association.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2005, Fall). The Art and Industry of Computer Games. Sun City Vistoso Kiwanis Club Officers Installation Dinner. Tucson, AZ: Sun City Vistoso Kiwanis Club.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2005, February). You Say Tomato, I Say You’re a Fool: A Round-Table Discussion on the Language of Game Studies. The 26th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2005, March). --. Electronic Arts Academic Summit.. Redwood City, CA: Electronic Arts.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2005, Spring). Licensed to Shill: How Video and Computer Games Tarnished the Silver Screen. Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Spring Colloquy. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, June). Game to Teach: Using and Building Games for Indigenous Language Education. American Indian Language Development Institute. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, October). Introduction to Game Studies. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference. Orlando, FL: The International Digital Media and Arts Association.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, October). Introduction to Machinimation. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference. Orlando, FL: The International Digital Media and Arts Association.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, September). Gaming with Kids: The Problems and Potentialities of Using Computer Games in Elementary School Curricula. College of Education Seminar Series on Instructional Technologies. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, Summer). How to Build Games for Fun and Profit. Summer Event Series. Tucson, AZ: Tucson-Pima Public Library - Joel D. Valdez Main Library.
• Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., & Pearce, B. (2005, October). Critical Play: Computer Games in the University Classroom. The International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference. Orlando, FL: The International Digital Media and Arts Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2004, April). The Game Grind: Why are X-Rated Computer Games so Boring?. The 25th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. San Antonio, TX: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2004, Fall 2004). Licensed to Shill: How Video and Computer Games Tarnished the Silver Screen. The Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellows Recognition Luncheon. Tucson, AZ: The Marshall Foundation.
• Mcallister, K. S., Ruggill, J. E., Menchaca, D., Pearce, L., & Reed, J. (2003, May). Playing to Learn: Using Computer Games in the Writing Classroom. Computers and Writing: Discovering Digital Dimensions. West Lafayette, IN: Computers and Writing.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2003, February). Toward the Game-work: The Art of Computer and Video Game Analysis. The 24th Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2003, March). Dragon Hunting: On the Trail of Cultural Studies in America. New Directions in Critical Theory: Theory Matters. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2003, Spring). Looking Closely at Film. The Tucson Film Society Sunday Brunch. Tucson, AZ: Tucson Film Society.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Wiener, D. R. (2003, January). Leaving the "Prison for your Mind": The Matrix’s Escapist and Orienting Liberatory In-sights. 1st Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, HI: Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2002, Fall). From Book Into Film: From Fantastical Fiction to Fanciful Film. Caliente SunFest Reading Group. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Daily Star.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2002, February). Manly Men Among Manly Men: Martial Arts Movie Masculinity. The 23rd Annual Conference of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM: The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2002, October). Licensed to Shill: How Martial Arts Video Games Tarnished the Silver Screen. Democratic Communications and Global Justice: Meeting of the Union for Democratic Communications. State College, PA: The Union for Democratic Communications.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2001, October). Will the Real Ruben Salazar Please Stand Up: (Mis)Representations of a Chicano Icon. The 5th Congress of the Americas. Puebla, Mexico: Congress of the Americas.
• Ruggill, J. E. (1999, March). A Postmodern Turn: Race, Sexuality and Masculinity in Enter the Dragon. The 10th Annual Art History Student Association Symposium - The Construction and Articulation of Gender in Visual Culture. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
• Ruggill, J. E. (1998, March). Producing and Consuming the Woman’s Film (II): Discursive Struggle in Waiting to Exhale. The 5th Annual Communication Studies Student Conference. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona State University.

Reviews

• Ruggill, J. E. (2016. How Games Move Us: Emotion By Design(pp 97-98).
• Ruggill, J. E. (2003. Vertical Margins: Mountaineering and the Landscapes of Neoimperialism(pp 364-5).

Creative Productions

• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2015. Your Parents’ Video Games. Pima County Public Library, Woods Branch, Summer Reading Program. Tucson, AZ: Pima County Public Library.
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• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2013. Archiving Gaming. Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Art Museum.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2012. The 21st Annual Arizona International Film Festival Catalog and Program. Arizona International Film Festival. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Media Arts Center.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2011. The 20th Annual Arizona International Film Festival Catalog and Program. Arizona International Film Festival. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Media Arts Center.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2007. The 16th Annual Arizona International Film Festival Catalog and Program. Arizona International Film Festival. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Media Arts Center.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2007. SimUniverse: A Brief Look at the History of a Learning Technology. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas.
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• Mcallister, K. S., Ruggill, J. E., Travers, B., & Martin, J. (2006. Documenting Digital Play: Computer Games and their Communities. University of Arizona Libraries. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Libraries.
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• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2005. Playing with History: A Hands-on Exhibit for Understanding the Evolution of Human-Computer Interfaces. Learning Technologies Center. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.
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• Mcallister, K. S., Ruggill, J. E., & Battle, S. (2005. Game Time: 30 Years of Computer Games, Gimmicks, and Gewgaws. iDEAs Exhibition. Orlando, FL: The International Digital Media and Arts Association.
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• Ruggill, J. E. (2002. From Code to Coda: The Rise of the Video Game Film. Invention to Innovation: The 10th Annual Student Showcase. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.

Others

• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, March 18). Team Job Interviews: Two Scholars in Game Studies Share What It’s Like to Endure the Interview Gantlet with a Partner. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2016, August 27). Power Up or Down: Are Video Games Ruining Us? Research Says Effects are Diverse, Unpredictable. Arizona Republic.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2013, January 28). Resistance is Futile. You will be Assimilated. MediaCommons.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2013, June 20). The Everyday Play of Collaboration. The New Everyday: A MediaCommons Project.
• Licona, A. C., Mcallister, K. S., Russell, S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2012, January 20). Straight, Queer, or Academic? A Couple of Couples Talk Research Relationships in Higher Ed. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2012, June 1). M2AF: Message Received. Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2012, October 10). A Modest Proposal for Immodest Times? Those Ready to Retire Cannot Go, While Those Inclined to Stay Face Tremendous Pressure to Leave. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, August 11). "Quiet, you": Computer Games, Silence, and the Anti-Aliasing of Expression. Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2011, March 31). Computer Games: Heart of the Humanities?. Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2010, January 15). An Academic Bestiary for the Intrepid Job Seeker: During the Campus Visit, Predator, Prey, and Pedant Alike Come Together and Woe to Those Ill-prepared for the Encounter. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2010, September 27). Handle With Care: Computer Games, Noise, and the Fragility of Play. Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture.
• Lowood, H., Monnens, D., Armstrong, A., Ruggill, J. E., Mcallister, K. S., Vowell, Z., & Donahue, R. (2009, Spring). Before It's Too Late: A Digital Game Preservation White Paper. International Game Developers Association.
• Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2009, Fall). "Can't Hardly Overdo It": Game Education and the Pursuit of Collaboration. Game Education Network.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2009, April 13). "C'mere, stay": Immersion as Immergence, Pervasion, and Abeyance. In Media Res: A MediaCommons Project.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2006, July 17). Geek Love: Technical Expertise as a Source of Computer Game Pleasure. In Media Res: A MediaCommons Project.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2007, October 30). "I’m Here Because I’m Bored": Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation. In Media Res: A MediaCommons Project.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2007, February 9). Beyond the Steady State. Flow.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, January 21). A Couple of Rare Birds: How Can You Summarize Two Scholarly Careers in a Single Two-page Cover Letter?. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, June 24). Game Over: A Couple of Game Studies Scholars, Who Aren't a Couple in the Romantic Sense, Come Up Short in Their Dual Job Search. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2005, September 23). An Analog Form in a Digital Box: Sitcoms, Mitcoms, and New Media Pliancy. Flow.
• Ruggill, J. E., & Mcallister, K. S. (2004, October 8). Game for Anything: Academic Couple Seeks Open-Minded Institution for Nontraditional Relationship. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruggill, J. E. (2001, April). A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Fear and Loathing In the Company of Men. 10th Anniversary Arizona International Film Festival Catalog and Program.