Marie-Laure Ryan at Tech
The Digital Media Graduate Program in the School of LCC Presents a Lecture by Dr. Marie-Laure Ryan:
“A Second Life for Ariosto: Narrative Games and Playable Stories in the Seventeenth and Early Twenty-First Century”
4:30PM, October 30, Skiles 002
Dr. Ryan is an independent scholar who has authored studies on the intersections among artificial intelligence, narrative theory, and virtual reality. Some of Dr. Ryan’s work can be viewed at:
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~pwryan/
DiGRA notes
I just posted my notes on this year’s DiGRA conference (Tokyo Sept 24-28) here.
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.