Nate Garrelts is an Associate Professor of English at Ferris State University in the Languages and Literature Department. He has edited three collections of essays on digital games: Digital Gameplay (McFarland, 2005), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (McFarland, 2006), and Understanding Minecraft (McFarland, 2014).The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto was the first academic collection to focus on a single game series.