FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., April 24 -- Fayetteville State University issued the following press release:

Professor Todd S. Frobish, Ph.D., has experienced quite the journey - transforming from a shy boy with a stutter into a champion orator, and ultimately, a highly respected professor at Fayetteville State University and the author of a new book that is capturing the attention of the literary and academic worlds.

His book, "Discourses at Play: A Rhetorical Exploration of Historical Crises Using the Language of Games," is as original and insightful as the professor who inspires every day in the Department of Communication, Languages, and Cultures. "Games" is an operative word.

"We are game-obsessed in this society," said Frobish. "Mobile games,...