Justin Bortnick
- Teaching Assistant Professor
Justin Bortnick's research centers on digital narratives, game storytelling, political games and worldbuilding. His work has been featured on outlets such as Kotaku, Game Developer, Polygon and more, and he has shown work and given talks at events such as the Electronic Literature Organization, IndieCade and the Game Developers Conference. He has written and/or designed for projects such as the smart toy “Octobo,” the video game Frog Fractions 2 and a currently-unreleased film project, and regularly consults for commercial video games. Dr. Bortnick is also the president of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation and a co-founder of NarraScope, the annual conference on narrative games. Since 2013 he has hosted the game developer interview series, Red Pages Podcast.
Representative Publications
Play and Misinformation: How America's Conspiracy Culture Became Gamified (https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120231203859)
Research Grants
China and Chinese Studies Research Grant (Asian Studies Center)