Yay! My author copies of The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy arrived today. I’ve mentioned this a bunch of times on the blog lately, so I apologize for spamming the blog with it — I’m just real excited to have this book chapter finally see print. I started working on this nearly two years ago (right around the time Twilight Princess came out and I discovered for the first time the weird and hairy world of Zelda timeline arguments). In our chapter, Jim Gee and I try to cast the fan debates around the chronologies of the Zelda games in philosophic terms, making a few references to the reasoning and argumentation present in these fan communities, and what that tells us about the social construction of knowledge (a la Latour). It was a pretty fun chapter to write, and I’m glad to see it finally hit print — and, soon, a Barnes & Noble (or Borders, or Books-A-Million, or whatever) near you! (Or, just pre-order it from Amazon).

And, since I’ve already linked (get it, Linked?!) to a picture from my Flickr feed here, I might as well offer one more:

My dear Lizzie has suggested that I get a cartoon-Link tattoo on my right forearm, and a few months ago, I tried Photoshopping a number of options. The one above was my favorite, but I’m still too chicken to get it done. Whaddya think?