His specialization in the writing of the British Romantic period and continuing interest in the ways that William Blake's composite art illuminates the relationship between words and images on the printed page has inspired current research into larger correlations between media forms and cultural perceptions. In addition, he is actively pursuing the use of "serious games" in university-level research and learning. Recent and forthcoming publications include an exploration of William Blake's participation in late-eighteenth-century gallery culture and spectacles, an interrogation of player agency in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , and a comparison between the urban visions of William Blake and William Wordsworth.