Humans vs. Zombies at Miami is an on-campus ARG, alternate reality game, hosted every semester by the student organization MUndead. HvZ is a modified version of tag, first played at Goucher College, which pits players against each other as humans and zombies. In the beginning, there are only a few zombies but as the game [...]

Armstrong Interactive (AI), the senior capstone course of the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, is a client-based consulting experience. AI contracts with corporate and non-profit clients to develop digital solutions to their operational problems. Over the course of one semester, a team of students, from disciplines as diverse as marketing, computer science, graphic design, [...]

I believe that the classes I teach should have as strong of a “real-world” component as possible. We often cover abstract academic principles, but I always strive to make sure the are rooted in the context of how I have seen them put into practice. This semester was no different. In three of my courses, [...]

When thinking about new technology, I find it extremely helpful to look to the past to see hints on where we can go in the future.
Johann Gutenberg’s printing press from the mid-fifteenth century is arguably the most important innovation since the wheel. While earlier texts, such as the Diamond Sutra, had been printed in China [...]