Marc Andersen has just begun a three year assistant professorship, congratulations to IMC and AU!

Over the last years, Marc has carved out a very unique field at the intersection of fear and play, behavior and expectations. He has explored the low-practicalities of running eye-tracking experiments during Ouija board sessions heart rate measures during haunted house experiences and the high-browed discussions involved in turning the field to predictive coding to (take) play seriously.

All this done in a very Marcian way. Do check out his recent keynote on hunting for the surprises of play to give flavor if this. I am really glad that he sticks around.