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Justin Hall (born December 16, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American freelance journalist who is best known as a pioneer blogger (internet-based diarist), and for writing reviews from game conferences such as E3 as well as the Tokyo Game Show.

He graduated in Chicago's Francis W. Parker High School in 1993, and in 1994, while a student at Swarthmore College, started his web-based diary Justin's Links from the Underground, which offered one of the earliest guided tours of the web.^[1] Over time, the site came to focus on Hall's life in intimate detail. In December, 2004, New York Times Magazine referred to him as "the founding father of personal blogging."^[2] At present, Hall lives in San Francisco, California, where he recently moved from Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the USC Interactive Media Division. He is also a regular attendee of the Indie Game Jam. Hall's project The Nethernet could be found at www.gamelayers.com The Nethernet failed to thrive and closed shop in August 2009. A discussion of that event can be found on tnnrefugees.ning.com Gamelayers.com has since been put back online with a different business model.

Selected works

Passively Multiplayer Online Games - Thesis Defense 70mb MOV video from 20 February 2007
Playing a Life Online - an audio recording March 11, 2006 (speech at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas USA)
"The Fantasy Life of Coder Boys", April 2003, Wired
"Where the Geeks Are", August 19, 1999, Rolling Stone
"Today's Visions of the Science of Tomorrow" , January 4, 2003, New York Times op-ed
"The Gaming Wars", May 18, 2001, Salon.com (review of E-3)
"Hire This Boy To Play Your Video Games", October 12, 2000, Rolling Stone
Just In Tokyo, 2002, Garrett County Press. ISBN 978-1-891053-50-4

Contributor

J. Goldstein & J. Raessens, Handbook of Computer Game Studies, MIT Press, 2005: Chapter on "Future of Games: Mobile Gaming"
T. Fullerton & C. Swain, Game Design Workshop, CMP Books, 2004: Sidebar/chapter on "The Indie Game Jam."
V. Burnham, Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age, MIT Press, 2001: Essays on the Apple ][, Burger Time and Spy Hunter.

Films

Hall was featured in the documentary Home Page [1].
He appeared nude as an actor in Blood [2].
He played Jamie in Bringing Up Bobby.

References

^ Harmanci, Reyhan. "Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31." San Francisco Chronicle. February 20, 2005. Retrieved on July 20, 2006.
^ Rosen, Jeffrey. "Your Blog or Mine?" New York Times Magazine. December 14, 2004. Retrieved on October 31, 2007.

External links

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[sfgate-1] Harmanci, Reyhan. "Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31." San Francisco Chronicle. February 20, 2005. Retrieved on July 20, 2006.

[nytimes-2] Rosen, Jeffrey. "Your Blog or Mine?" New York Times Magazine. December 14, 2004. Retrieved on October 31, 2007.

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 He graduated in Chicago's [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker High School]] in 1993, and in 1994, while a student at [[Swarthmore College]], started his web-based diary ''[http://www.links.net Justin's Links from the Underground]'', which offered one of the earliest guided tours of the [[www|web]].<ref name="sfgate">Harmanci, Reyhan. "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/20/MNGBKBEJO01.DTL Time to get a life -- pioneer blogger Justin Hall bows out at 31]." ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]].'' February 20, 2005. Retrieved on July 20, 2006.</ref> Over time, the site came to focus on Hall's life in intimate detail. In December, 2004, ''[[New York Times Magazine]]'' referred to him as "the founding father of personal blogging."<ref name="nytimes">Rosen, Jeffrey. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/magazine/19PHENOM.html?pagewanted=print&position= Your Blog or Mine?]" ''[[New York Times Magazine]].'' December 14, 2004.  Retrieved on October 31, 2007.</ref> At present, Hall lives in [[San Francisco, California]], where he recently moved from [[Los Angeles, California]].  He graduated from the [[USC Interactive Media Division]].  He is also a regular attendee of the [[Indie Game Jam]]. Hall's project [[The Nethernet]] could be found at [http://www.gamelayers.com/ www.gamelayers.com] The Nethernet failed to thrive and closed shop in August 2009. A discussion of that event can be found on [http://tnnrefugees.ning.com/profiles/blogs/why-i-feel-so-angry tnnrefugees.ning.com] Gamelayers.com has since been put back online with a different business model.
-Mr. Hall has been nominated for 2011 inclusion in the Sex Hall of Fame.
 == Selected works ==