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Digital Distraction: Honey Badger Don’t Care

As the end of the semester is upon us, it is important to take some time and refresh your mind. This weekend, having just this last week completed my undergraduate studies, I’ll be doing that by...

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Digital Distraction: Diablo III

As an avid gamer, I’m always disappointed when a particularly hot new title launches mid-semester. So I was thrilled by the launch of Diablo III last week just on the heels of graduation, perfectly...

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Digital Distraction: DLC Quest

Many people turn to video games for their digital distraction. (See Anasasia’s review of Diablo III and my own write-up of Honey Badger Don’t Care.) DLC Quest is an entertaining video game distraction,...

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Digital Distraction: Small World

This week, I’m going to stretch the term “digital distraction” to recommend our family’s favorite board game: Small World by Days of Wonder. Small World is a strategy game set in a Tolkien-esque...

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Digital Distraction: Steam

This weekend I recommend not an individual game, but a platform for gamers called Steam. What is Steam? In some ways it’s like an iTunes for desktop video games. You download the Steam app—for Mac or...

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Digital Distraction: Ascension

  In May, Cory introduced a new series here at ProfHacker. Digital Distractions are our semi-regular recommendations for that little something to help you take your mind off your work for a five- or...

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Digital Distractions: The Grading Game

Given the popularity of phrases like “grading jail” to describe the stress of the competing demands to offer meaningful feedback in the shortest amount of time possible, it seems unlikely that there’s...

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Digital Distractions: Zombies, Run!

We tend to think of our digital distractions as exactly that—distractions from the otherwise productive business of our daily lives. The Zombies, Run! game, however, could just as easily fit alongside...

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Digital Distractions: Pokemon and the Challenges of Collaboration

For the past few days I’ve run the live video feed of “Twitch Plays Pokemon” in the background while I work. It’s  an incredible opportunity to watch attempted mass collaboration in action. The...

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Digital Distractions: ARGs and Endgame

A new book by James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton, Endgame: The Calling, launched earlier this month. The book chronicles twelve players representing ancient cultures who are trying to save their...

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Digital Distractions: Interactive Cats

With my semester hitting crunch time, I’ve been using a number of digital distractions for quick breaks in between grading and editing. The internet is, of course, great at providing cat pictures for...

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Digital Distractions: Pokemon Go

Last week, Niantic Labs released a new mobile version of Pokemon, Pokemon Go. If you haven’t played one of the many previous Pokemon games on Nintendo consoles, the basic premise is exploring a world...

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