Dean Bowman is a PhD candidate at the University of East Anglia studying the unique narrative potential of videogames through a combination of interviewing designers and audience reception analysis. He has a degree in English Literature (also from UEA) and a Masters in Film Studies from the University of Edinburgh. He is also the deputy editor of www.ready-up.net, a large and well established community blog where he writes on videogames and board games, and co-hosts a weekly podcast called the Sixty-Two Cast