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Walden Video Game Will Allow Players to Experience Thoreau’s Walden Pond

Walden Video Game Will Allow Players to Experience Thoreau’s Walden Pond

Are you a big fan of Thoreau, but too lazy to take a pilgrimage to Walden Pond? Too busy too abandon your studies and go live alone in nature? Soon, you won’t even have to step outside of your room to get a taste of Thoreau: a team at the University of Southern California is developing a Walden video game, which will allow the player to simulate Thoreau’s famous experiment in living at Walden Pond in Concord, MA from 1845-47,…

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Literary Spring Break Destinations

Literary Spring Break Destinations

Still looking for a perfect spring break destination? If jetting off to Cancun (I wish) or going home to sleep and cuddle with your pets (my current plan) doesn’t seem exciting enough this year, you should consider going on a literary pilgrimage to a site associated with your favorite author or book. There are incredible locations all around the world where great writers lived, worked, did drugs, or simply hung out—places that, for many, seem like a unique window into…

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