With Laurie N. Taylor, he is the co-editor of Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2008. Whalen’s teaching focuses on the critical study and practice of digital media including video games, electronic literature, comics, and transmedia. He has published several journal articles and contributed book chapters on video games, including an article in Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research and book chapters on Silent Hill, Grand Theft Auto, and early game consoles. His current research project focuses on the textual properties of video games. Visit Zach’s website here.