Alenda Chang

Assistant Professor of Film and Media StudiesUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

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Where the Wi-Fi Ends

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Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

October 15, 2016
3 comments

Where the Wi-Fi Ends augmented reality critical infrastructure ecomedia Environment games media Pokemon Go Curator's Note Don’t get me wrong, I love Pokémon Go. As the screenshots show, I have played a lot. But as someone who works on how games model ...

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Re: Pokemon Go as Routine

Killing time, day and night

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Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

Sunday, October 23, 2016 — 7:14 am
I do wonder about the proportion of Pokémon Go play that happens during daylight hours versus at night, which would speak to how exactly the game fits into our everyday routines (and interestingly is another way of considering the rural/urban divide... I& ...
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Re: Pokemon Go, Queer Spaces, and Queer Contact

And then there's Diglett

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Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

Monday, October 17, 2016 — 6:41 pm
This comment may be inappropriate for some users. Ahem. How do we read the appropriation of Pokémon Go's AR tech to create "Diglett" dick pics? Some of the shots I've seen (and I haven't really looked) are rampantly heterosexist, ...
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Re: Where the Wi-Fi Ends

T-Mobile and a dead rat

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Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 — 8:04 pm
Katharine, I love that you and your mom bonded over Pokémon Go excursions. I find myself now having to cajole my spouse or my child to go on walks or errands so that I can reach Pokémon "civilization," too! And I had a similar experience to Ed&# ...