AAA buys me free video games

15 Sep 2005 in Completely True Stories of My Life, academia by Alex | 2 comments

I’m happy to announce that I got an email today from the American Anthropological Association informing me that I have received second place in their essay contest “How will AnthroSource transform anthropological scholarship?” for my essay “AnthroSource — actually useful?”:http://savageminds.org/2005/05/24/anthrosource-actually-useful/. Maybe I would have gotten first if I had answered more enthusiastically in the affirmative? At any rate, this means some minor fetting at the AAAs in Washington in December and cash money totalling US$250 — in other words, the cost of five brand new computer games. I’d like to thank the AAA for their appreciation of the essay, as well as their enabling me to unite the Grove Street Families and take back San Andreas, retake the galactic republic from the evil clutches of the Sith, explore the minimalistic themepark of Darwinia, and relive my late-80s Sid Meier-fuelled swashbuckling in fully-rendered 3D.

Or maybe I’ll just buy all three volumes of Fornander’s Hawai’ian Antiquities.

  1. Robertson Allen’s avatar

    Robertson Allen on 27 Mar 2006 at 1:21 pm

    Excellent–Grove Street appreciates your efforts.
    I’ve been looking for folks doing stuff with video games and anthropology and you are one the very few, the proud.
    I have just started planning stages for work on America’s Army and its gamers, designers, etc.
    It would be good to stay in touch.
    Rob Allen

  2. Tina Anderson’s avatar

    Tina Anderson on 07 Feb 2008 at 8:27 am

    Ha, I thought they actually gave you free video games for winning the contest based on the title, but good decision to use the $250 on some new games. Very good essay by the way.