Writing | Marisa Benjamin

ABOUT ME

I'm the Research Communications Officer for The Games Institute, an internationally renowned research centre advancing work in games and interactive technologies. I'm on a mission to turn complex knowledge into understandable, and engaging, communications for the general public.

Join me: marisabenjamin0@gmail.com

Choose-Your-Own-Romance

Exploring Female Agency in the Romance Genre Through a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story This is a research creation project I worked on du...

Sep 17, 2020
1 min

Pipelies: Gamifying Pipeline Politics

Pipelies aims to educate players about the complex politics surrounding the building of pipelines across Indigenous lands on Turtle Islan...

Sep 1, 2020
2 min

Writing Sample: Elevating Haptics

Originally published on the University of Waterloo Homepage, (July 31, 2020) Motivated by prior research that reports elevator buttons as...

Jul 22, 2020
1 min

Designing an on-brand Instagram theme

An artful Instagram theme with a cohesive, on-brand style elevates your presence and conveys what you're all about. This is my art accoun...

Jul 21, 2020
4 min

Writing Sample: Iterative Brainstorming for VR Exergames

Originally published on the Games Institute Research Spotlights blog --- The Intelligent Technologies for Wellness and Independent Living...

Jul 21, 2020
5 min

The Story Behind the Games Institute Podcast

As the Research Communications Officer for the Games Institute, I tell stories about our research for interdisciplinary and non-academic ...

Jul 21, 2020
3 min

Writing Sample: Yellow Door Cottage Origin Story

Part of my freelance contract with Yellow Door Cottage involved creating their website and launching their blog. Click for the original b...

GAMES INSTITUTE PODCAST

I host the Games Institute podcast to pull back the curtain on academic work and put our research on an international stage.

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@MARISA.PAINT

I'm Currently Reading...

Though challenging and heartbreaking to read, I'm getting a lot out of reading Chanel Miller's memoir where she speaks out about her life after being victimized by Brock Turner. I think it's very important to take time to pay attention to stories like Miller's.