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Ben Villarreal
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http://twitter.com/BenVilla4Real
I'm a doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia University and an Instructor of English at Kingsborough Community College. I teach and study the use of pop culture in the classroom. And when I have free time, I play or write about video games. You can read more of my work at TheDailyPugle.blogspot.com
How Ellie's transformation in The Last of Us speaks to adolescence

How Ellie's transformation in The Last of Us speaks to adolescence

Ben Villarreal August 14, 2014 5:28 AM
Why Resident Evil 6 gives this graduate student chills

Why Resident Evil 6 gives this graduate student chills

Ben Villarreal October 10, 2013 5:54 AM
Dear Phantoms of Demon’s Souls

Dear Phantoms of Demon’s Souls

Ben Villarreal May 6, 2012 9:01 PM
The greatest game never played: Robert Coover’s The Universal Baseball Association

The greatest game never played: Robert Coover’s The Universal Baseball Association

Ben Villarreal August 19, 2011 2:58 AM
A Late Review of Uncharted 2: Indiana Jones Directed by Michael Bay

A Late Review of Uncharted 2: Indiana Jones Directed by Michael Bay

Ben Villarreal July 30, 2011 6:27 PM
Isaac Who? The More Interesting Characters in Dead Space

Isaac Who? The More Interesting Characters in Dead Space

Ben Villarreal June 16, 2011 10:18 PM
Dracula, Frankenstein, and the T-virus: Resident Evil’s Victorian roots

Dracula, Frankenstein, and the T-virus: Resident Evil’s Victorian roots

Ben Villarreal March 1, 2011 4:46 PM
Gamers in the Hands of an Angry God: Purgatory, Deicide, and Religious Critique in Video Games

Gamers in the Hands of an Angry God: Purgatory, Deicide, and Religious Critique in Video Games

Ben Villarreal January 19, 2011 1:44 AM
Scott Pilgrim Vs. NMHU: Weekly Student Spotlight

Scott Pilgrim Vs. NMHU: Weekly Student Spotlight

Ben Villarreal November 17, 2010 4:45 AM
Can Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives Bring a New Audience to Video Games?

Can Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives Bring a New Audience to Video Games?

Ben Villarreal August 18, 2010 6:51 PM
A Portrait of the Nerd as a Young Man: "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour"

A Portrait of the Nerd as a Young Man: "Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour"

Ben Villarreal July 24, 2010 5:07 AM
Gamers in the Hands of an Angry God

Gamers in the Hands of an Angry God

Ben Villarreal April 14, 2010 5:04 PM
“Zombies! In! Space!”–A Very Late Review of “Dead Space”

“Zombies! In! Space!”–A Very Late Review of “Dead Space”

Ben Villarreal March 28, 2010 6:14 AM
Does the “Resident Evil 5” DLC Really Make the New Edition “Gold”?

Does the “Resident Evil 5” DLC Really Make the New Edition “Gold”?

Ben Villarreal March 24, 2010 2:50 AM
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