I was pretty happy last week to finally get my advance copy of our new book, Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time. This is a collaboration with my long-term colleague and good friend Bill Loguidice, an avid collector and co-founder of Armchair Arcade (i.e., we go way back).

I'm part of the gaming sig that's meeting on Tuesday night (not the "serious games" one meeting the night after). I've been talking to my colleagues, Scott Reed and Wendi Jewell about the possibilities. I'm in favor of trying to get some actual games up for people to play; Scott has volunteered his Wii for the SIG, and I think that'll be lots of fun. Of course, you've probably heard that internet access will probably be lacking at the C's this year, so I'm not sure if it'll be possible to show WOW or Second Life except as boring PowerPoint slides.

Computers and Composition Online will publish a special issue on the intersections between composition, literacy, and computer/video gaming as a companion to the Fall 2008 special print issue of Computers and Composition, "Reading Games: Composition, Literacy, and Video Gaming." These issues will explore the social, historical, cultural, and pedagogical implications of computer/video games on literacies and the writing classroom.