A Fireside Chat with Bernie DeKoven
Georgia Tech’s Experimental Game Lab presents a very special fireside chat on play and games with BernieDeKoven, author of “The Well-Played Game,” and “Junkyard Sports,” New Games co-founder, and oft-cited by games studies scholars such as Salen/Zimmerman and Ludica. Bernie will share his experiences with developing games and running play-based workshops and events, discuss his philosophical musings on play and games, and engage in a lively discussion with participants on various facets of game design.
DragonCon Research Project Cited in AJC Coverage
A story in Sunday’s Atlanta Journal Constitution about the DragonCon Fan Festival included reference to Faculty member Celia Pearce and her team of students, Ray Vichot, Gray Gunter, Bobby Schweizer and Evan Barba, who were doing ethnographic research at DragonCon over Labor Day Weekend.
Ian Bogost Book Signing
Ian Bogost will be giving a talk and signing copies of his newest book, Persuasive Games (MIT) at 5:30pm on September 5th at the Georgia Tech Barnes & Noble, 48 5th Street, Atlanta.