If the Phone Rings

If the Phone Rings… Answer It

Imagine a world where personal communication devices quit working. Now, step into that world, and explore how you can communicate, solve problems for your neighbors, and gear up to explore the true mystery: What made the communication infrastructure change so suddenly?

Fields of Exploration

Media Archaeology

Research into forgotten technologies as influenced by Annie van den Oever and Andreas Fickers.

Platform Studies

Delving into communication as a platform, specifically the payphone, and the affordances and constraints of the communication system as influenced by Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort.

Game Design

Driven by research done by Sreela Sarkur, this project seeks to explore learning through play.

Medium Design

Influenced by the work of Keller Easterling, this research looks for ways to use the medium as an environment as well as an artifact of expression.

Media Research

Driven by a desire to create engaging content, this project is further influenced by the work of Marshall McLuhan and the idea that media works us over completely.

Creative Experiments

The world within this game has been created to be slightly off, a little weird, and dare I say it? Liminal.

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