GAME TALK #9: ROBERT YANG
JUNE 19 2019/19 GIUGNO 2019
18:00 - 19:00
Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)
Università IULM (IULM 1)
Via Carlo Bo, 1
20143 Milan
ROBERT YANG
SEX IN GAMES
gamedesign.university/robert-yang
If video games are art, and art should reflect our lives, then why aren't there more video games about sex and intimacy? OK, maybe sex isn't an important part of your life… But if it is, why do video games seem so bad at sex? In this talk, we will look at a wide variety of different sex games and think about some useful design patterns for sex games. Then we will consider the (many) institutions and barriers against sexual expression, across the game industry as well as the internet.
Robert Yang makes surprisingly popular games about gay culture and intimacy:he is most known for his historical bathroom sex simulator The Tearoom and his male shower simulator Rinse and Repeat. His gay sex triptych Radiator 2 has over 150,000 users on Steam. He is currently an Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Game Center, and he has given talks at GDC, IndieCade, Queerness and Games Conference, and Games for Change. He holds a BA in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School for Design.
GAME TALK #9: ROBERT YANG
JUNE 19 2019/19 GIUGNO 2019
18:00 - 19:00
Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)
Università IULM (IULM 1)
Via Carlo Bo, 1
20143 Milan
ROBERT YANG
SEX IN GAMES
gamedesign.university/robert-yang
If video games are art, and art should reflect our lives, then why aren't there more video games about sex and intimacy? OK, maybe sex isn't an important part of your life… But if it is, why do video games seem so bad at sex? In this talk, we will look at a wide variety of different sex games and think about some useful design patterns for sex games. Then we will consider the (many) institutions and barriers against sexual expression, across the game industry as well as the internet.
Robert Yang makes surprisingly popular games about gay culture and intimacy:he is most known for his historical bathroom sex simulator The Tearoom and his male shower simulator Rinse and Repeat. His gay sex triptych Radiator 2 has over 150,000 users on Steam. He is currently an Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Game Center, and he has given talks at GDC, IndieCade, Queerness and Games Conference, and Games for Change. He holds a BA in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School for Design.