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Game Design Industry Night by Vancouver Film School

Industry Night is the pinnacle of the year for Game Design students. A few weeks before graduation, teams present their final projects – playable games – to industry guests who ask tough questions about their design and development process.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign.

Talk the Talk Card Game in Action by ICAH Staff

Order game on ICAH.org: www.icah.org/content/talk-the-talk

GAME TALK #9: ROBERT YANG by MANYBITS

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

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.

VFS Game Design's Pitch & Play by Vancouver Film School

VFS Game Design's Pitch & Play is a chance for graduating students to showcase their final projects to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign.

Isabella turning 5 today @iplaytek #fun #iplaytek #nyc #stem #foresthills #spoooktakular #middlevillage #queens #lego #education #apraxia #art #music #playandlearn #minecraft #gamedesign @knutts48 @spoooktakular @tnutts48 by iPlayTek NYC

44_prestige5 by Karsten Schmidt

3

Archiving my very 1st teenage steps with the Atari 800XL in the form of a folder full of code, sketches & references (all created between 1988-1991)... I started with writing pure hex code, then taught myself the 6502 flavour of Assembler (only learned Z80 before) but then got more & more into game design, icons & demo scene activities (as coder, gfx and chiptunes & co-organizer) and started building several tools & games (incl. The Brundles, a commercial Lemmings clone for the 8-bit Atari in '93)

PD009: Figure 2.3 by Rosenfeld Media

1

Huizinga suggested that games are distinct experiences from everyday life, walled

off and secluded from it in what he called the “magic circle.”

Ferrara, John. 2012. Playful Design. New York: Rosenfeld Media. www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/game-design/

Aspiring game designers, game enthusiasts, and industry pros gather for Industry Speaker Day at Game Design Expo 2008 by Vancouver Film School

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To learn more about VFS’s one-year Game Design program, visit www.vfs.com/gamedesign

Spire by liquiduck

3

StructureSynth -> Blender -> Gimp

I am a college student, and this is concept art from my semester long game design project. I decided to draw from uncompleted or inaccessible areas in video games for visual inspiration, and realized that StructureSynth would be an awesome way to generate the sort of abrupt, geometric shapes that I was interested in.

Here's an example from an actual game.

I was conflicted over the decision to add this to the StructureSynth group (it's not very good), but ultimately I wanted to take the opportunity to say how much of a fan I am of StructureSynth and everyone's work here. ^_^

SVMRes en Eutopia by Mentat Kibernes

Intervención de SVMres.org en los Talleres de Game Design que impartí en Eutopía 2008. Córdoba España

Aspiring game designers, game enthusiasts, and industry pros gather for Industry Speaker Day at Game Design Expo 2008 by Vancouver Film School

Find out more about VFS's annual Game Design Expo at www.gamedesignexpo.com/

To learn more about VFS’s one-year Game Design program, visit www.vfs.com/gamedesign

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

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gamedesign.university/robert-yang

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GAME TALK #9: ROBERT YANG by MANYBITS

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

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.

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

Imagine Cup Properties:

Website: www.imaginecup.com/

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Isometric Blackjack by Tom B

The Gold Casino, 2000—2007

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

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Aspiring game designers, game enthusiasts, and industry pros gather for Industry Speaker Day at Game Design Expo 2009 by Vancouver Film School

Uploaded By: MSPSMT Robert Staniucha

PD006: Figure 1.5 by Rosenfeld Media

Second Life is not a game, but it builds a rich interactive experience by adopting the conventions of games.

Ferrara, John. 2012. Playful Design. New York: Rosenfeld Media. www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/game-design/

Game Design Expo 2010's Industry Panel by Vancouver Film School

Moderator Scott Jones opens the panel discussion on “The Future of Gaming.”

Learn about Game Design Expo at gamedesignexpo.com.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign

Jonathan Dowdeswell, General Manager at Relic Entertainment by Vancouver Film School

Jonathan Dowdeswell of Relic Entertainment announces the Brian Wood Memorial Game Design Internship at Game Design Expo 2011.

Learn about Game Design Expo at gamedesignexpo.com.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign

Listening by Kars Alfrink

Taken at the Pampus game client presentation.

PD010: Figure 2.4 by Rosenfeld Media

1

Games do create a distinct reality, but that doesn’t mean they need to be completely separated from everyday life.

Ferrara, John. 2012. Playful Design. New York: Rosenfeld Media. www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/game-design/

Find out more about VFS's annual Game Design Expo at www.gamedesignexpo.com/

To learn more about VFS’s one-year Game Design program, visit www.vfs.com/gamedesign

Testing Kars' coffee tasting game at Prototype Friday by Kars Alfrink

A bunch of game designers brought their prototypes to the Hubbub studio for testing and critique. It turned out to be both fun and useful. We might do it again.

Drax Files World Makers E8 Elephant3 by Draxtor Despres

1

Drax Files World Makers E8

39_disk_drive by Karsten Schmidt

1

Archiving my very 1st teenage steps with the Atari 800XL in the form of a folder full of code, sketches & references (all created between 1988-1991)... I started with writing pure hex code, then taught myself the 6502 flavour of Assembler (only learned Z80 before) but then got more & more into game design, icons & demo scene activities (as coder, gfx and chiptunes & co-organizer) and started building several tools & games (incl. The Brundles, a commercial Lemmings clone for the 8-bit Atari in '93)

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

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Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

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Website: www.imaginecup.com/

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Aspiring game designers, game enthusiasts, and industry pros gather for Industry Speaker Day at Game Design Expo 2008 by Vancouver Film School

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Joker Poker by Tom B

1

The Gold Casino, 2000—2007

Find out more about VFS's annual Game Design Expo at www.gamedesignexpo.com/

To learn more about VFS’s one-year Game Design program, visit www.vfs.com/gamedesign

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

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Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

Imagine Cup Properties:

Website: www.imaginecup.com/

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VFS Game Design 2Jam 2012 by Vancouver Film School

Handing out awards.

44 game developers challenged their creativity over 2 days at VFS’s Game Design 2Jam, Vancouver’s newest and most exciting game jam where 2-person teams created 2-minute 2-player duelling games.

Find out more about VFS’s one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign.

Love Hate Punch @ Tweetakt 2011 by Kars Alfrink

Taken during the opening of the playful Tweetakt exhibition, which I was lucky enough to curate: whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2011/03/come-over-and-play-at-twee...

IMG_20180426_101810 by Madison Public Library

Take Our Children to Work Day 2018

VFS Game Design's Pitch & Play by Vancouver Film School

VFS Game Design's Pitch & Play is a chance for graduating students to showcase their final projects to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign.

JUNE 4 2019/4 GIUGNO 2019

18:00 - 19:00

Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)

Università IULM (IULM 1)

Via Carlo Bo, 1

20143 Milan

gamedesign.university

7 1/2 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SHORTEST FOUR-LETTER WORD IN GAMES

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

When players enjoy a game, they say, “That was fun!” When designers make, journalists review, or academics theorize about a game, the word fun rarely comes up. A word so commonplace as to sound meaningless and typically ignored, “fun" remains unmentioned by those who make and write about games. This talk looks beyond game development, game journalism and game studies for ideas to help us better understand the role of fun in games and beyond. Drawing on fields as diverse as cognitive psychology, anthropology, cultural theory, the philosophy of art, and sociology, Sharp explores the power and potential of fun as useful concept and tool for experiencing, thinking about, and understanding play.

historian, curator and educator with thirty years of involvement in the creation and study of art and design. John's current design work focuses on cultural games, artgames and non-digital games. His current research addresses game aesthetics, the processes of creativity, and the intersections of aesthetics and ethics. Sharp is Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design at the New School. He is the author of Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) and coauthor (with Colleen Macklin) of Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure and (with David Thomas) Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp and Macklin are Codirectors of the PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) at Parsons. John was the curator of Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) and A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, co-curator Jason Eppink) at the Museum of the Moving Image and co-curator of XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) at the Museum of Design-Atlanta. John’s Games include The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

7 OSSERVAZIONI E 1/2 SULLA PAROLA DI QUATTRO LETTERE PIÙ CORTA NEI GIOCHI

Quando un giocatore s’imbatte in un’esperienza ludica particolarmente avvincente, spesso esclama: "Wow, è veramente divertente!". Eppure designer, giornalisti e accademici raramente utilizzano il termine “divertimento” per riferisi ai videogiochi. Questo sostantivo è così vago e generico che persino chi sviluppa o scrive di videogiochi tende a ignorarlo. Beninteso, il fenomeno non riguarda solo game design, giornalismo e game studies, ma la cultura in quanto tale. In un avvincente excursus che attinge a piene mani dalla psicologia cognitiva, dall'antropologia, dalla teoria culturale, dalla filosofia dell'arte e alla sociologia - Sharp esplora il potenziale del divertimento per ripensare l’attività del giocare.

John Sharp è un designer, storico dell'arte, curatore ed educatore con trent'anni di esperienza nello sviluppo e nello studio dell'arte e del design. La sua ricerca si concentra sui videogiochi culturali, artistici e analogici, con particolare attenzione all'estetica videoludica, i processi creativi e le intersezioni tra estetica ed etica. Professore Associato alla Scuola di Arte, Media e Tecnologia della Parsons School of Design (New School), è l’autore di Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) e coautore (con Colleen Macklin) di Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure e (con David Thomas) Fun, Taste, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp e Macklin sono i direttori del PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) alla Parsons School of Design. Ha curato numerose mostre tra cui Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) e A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, insieme a Jason Eppink) al Museum of the Moving Image. Ha co-curato XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) al Museum of Design-Atlanta. Come designer, ha realizzato The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

John Sharp is a designer, art

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

Imagine Cup Properties:

Website: www.imaginecup.com/

See more of the MSPSMT online!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/imaginecupsocialmediateam

Uploaded By: MSPSMT Robert Staniucha

JUNE 4 2019/4 GIUGNO 2019

18:00 - 19:00

Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)

Università IULM (IULM 1)

Via Carlo Bo, 1

20143 Milan

gamedesign.university

7 1/2 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SHORTEST FOUR-LETTER WORD IN GAMES

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

When players enjoy a game, they say, “That was fun!” When designers make, journalists review, or academics theorize about a game, the word fun rarely comes up. A word so commonplace as to sound meaningless and typically ignored, “fun" remains unmentioned by those who make and write about games. This talk looks beyond game development, game journalism and game studies for ideas to help us better understand the role of fun in games and beyond. Drawing on fields as diverse as cognitive psychology, anthropology, cultural theory, the philosophy of art, and sociology, Sharp explores the power and potential of fun as useful concept and tool for experiencing, thinking about, and understanding play.

historian, curator and educator with thirty years of involvement in the creation and study of art and design. John's current design work focuses on cultural games, artgames and non-digital games. His current research addresses game aesthetics, the processes of creativity, and the intersections of aesthetics and ethics. Sharp is Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design at the New School. He is the author of Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) and coauthor (with Colleen Macklin) of Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure and (with David Thomas) Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp and Macklin are Codirectors of the PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) at Parsons. John was the curator of Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) and A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, co-curator Jason Eppink) at the Museum of the Moving Image and co-curator of XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) at the Museum of Design-Atlanta. John’s Games include The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

7 OSSERVAZIONI E 1/2 SULLA PAROLA DI QUATTRO LETTERE PIÙ CORTA NEI GIOCHI

Quando un giocatore s’imbatte in un’esperienza ludica particolarmente avvincente, spesso esclama: "Wow, è veramente divertente!". Eppure designer, giornalisti e accademici raramente utilizzano il termine “divertimento” per riferisi ai videogiochi. Questo sostantivo è così vago e generico che persino chi sviluppa o scrive di videogiochi tende a ignorarlo. Beninteso, il fenomeno non riguarda solo game design, giornalismo e game studies, ma la cultura in quanto tale. In un avvincente excursus che attinge a piene mani dalla psicologia cognitiva, dall'antropologia, dalla teoria culturale, dalla filosofia dell'arte e alla sociologia - Sharp esplora il potenziale del divertimento per ripensare l’attività del giocare.

John Sharp è un designer, storico dell'arte, curatore ed educatore con trent'anni di esperienza nello sviluppo e nello studio dell'arte e del design. La sua ricerca si concentra sui videogiochi culturali, artistici e analogici, con particolare attenzione all'estetica videoludica, i processi creativi e le intersezioni tra estetica ed etica. Professore Associato alla Scuola di Arte, Media e Tecnologia della Parsons School of Design (New School), è l’autore di Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) e coautore (con Colleen Macklin) di Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure e (con David Thomas) Fun, Taste, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp e Macklin sono i direttori del PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) alla Parsons School of Design. Ha curato numerose mostre tra cui Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) e A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, insieme a Jason Eppink) al Museum of the Moving Image. Ha co-curato XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) al Museum of Design-Atlanta. Come designer, ha realizzato The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

John Sharp is a designer, art

Mitchell Lagran and Jonathan Dowdeswell of Relic Entertainment by Vancouver Film School

Mitchell Lagran and Jonathan Dowdeswell of Relic Entertainment at Game Design Expo 2011.

Learn about Game Design Expo at gamedesignexpo.com.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign.

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 by MSP Social Media Team Flickr Album

Software and Game Design round 2 of the Imagine Cup 2012 and their great presentations! Watch the best of IC teams!

You are the STORY!

Welcome to Sydney, Welcome to Imagine Cup 2012.

Imagine Cup Properties:

Website: www.imaginecup.com/

See more of the MSPSMT online!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/imaginecupsocialmediateam

Uploaded By: MSPSMT Robert Staniucha

27_gamedesign by Karsten Schmidt

Archiving my very 1st teenage steps with the Atari 800XL in the form of a folder full of code, sketches & references (all created between 1988-1991)... I started with writing pure hex code, then taught myself the 6502 flavour of Assembler (only learned Z80 before) but then got more & more into game design, icons & demo scene activities (as coder, gfx and chiptunes & co-organizer) and started building several tools & games (incl. The Brundles, a commercial Lemmings clone for the 8-bit Atari in '93)

Inside the Game Design campus by Vancouver Film School

1

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at www.vfs.com/gamedesign

Seth Marinello, Level Designer at Electronic Arts/Visceral Games by Vancouver Film School

Seth Marinello, Level Designer at EA/Visceral Games, discusses the elements of horror integrated into the design of Dead Space 2.

Learn about Game Design Expo at gamedesignexpo.com.

Find out more about VFS's one-year Game Design program at vfs.com/gamedesign.

JUNE 4 2019/4 GIUGNO 2019

18:00 - 19:00

Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)

Università IULM (IULM 1)

Via Carlo Bo, 1

20143 Milan

gamedesign.university

7 1/2 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SHORTEST FOUR-LETTER WORD IN GAMES

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

When players enjoy a game, they say, “That was fun!” When designers make, journalists review, or academics theorize about a game, the word fun rarely comes up. A word so commonplace as to sound meaningless and typically ignored, “fun" remains unmentioned by those who make and write about games. This talk looks beyond game development, game journalism and game studies for ideas to help us better understand the role of fun in games and beyond. Drawing on fields as diverse as cognitive psychology, anthropology, cultural theory, the philosophy of art, and sociology, Sharp explores the power and potential of fun as useful concept and tool for experiencing, thinking about, and understanding play.

historian, curator and educator with thirty years of involvement in the creation and study of art and design. John's current design work focuses on cultural games, artgames and non-digital games. His current research addresses game aesthetics, the processes of creativity, and the intersections of aesthetics and ethics. Sharp is Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design at the New School. He is the author of Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) and coauthor (with Colleen Macklin) of Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure and (with David Thomas) Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp and Macklin are Codirectors of the PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) at Parsons. John was the curator of Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) and A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, co-curator Jason Eppink) at the Museum of the Moving Image and co-curator of XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) at the Museum of Design-Atlanta. John’s Games include The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

7 OSSERVAZIONI E 1/2 SULLA PAROLA DI QUATTRO LETTERE PIÙ CORTA NEI GIOCHI

Quando un giocatore s’imbatte in un’esperienza ludica particolarmente avvincente, spesso esclama: "Wow, è veramente divertente!". Eppure designer, giornalisti e accademici raramente utilizzano il termine “divertimento” per riferisi ai videogiochi. Questo sostantivo è così vago e generico che persino chi sviluppa o scrive di videogiochi tende a ignorarlo. Beninteso, il fenomeno non riguarda solo game design, giornalismo e game studies, ma la cultura in quanto tale. In un avvincente excursus che attinge a piene mani dalla psicologia cognitiva, dall'antropologia, dalla teoria culturale, dalla filosofia dell'arte e alla sociologia - Sharp esplora il potenziale del divertimento per ripensare l’attività del giocare.

John Sharp è un designer, storico dell'arte, curatore ed educatore con trent'anni di esperienza nello sviluppo e nello studio dell'arte e del design. La sua ricerca si concentra sui videogiochi culturali, artistici e analogici, con particolare attenzione all'estetica videoludica, i processi creativi e le intersezioni tra estetica ed etica. Professore Associato alla Scuola di Arte, Media e Tecnologia della Parsons School of Design (New School), è l’autore di Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) e coautore (con Colleen Macklin) di Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure e (con David Thomas) Fun, Taste, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp e Macklin sono i direttori del PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) alla Parsons School of Design. Ha curato numerose mostre tra cui Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) e A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, insieme a Jason Eppink) al Museum of the Moving Image. Ha co-curato XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) al Museum of Design-Atlanta. Come designer, ha realizzato The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

John Sharp is a designer, art

JUNE 4 2019/4 GIUGNO 2019

18:00 - 19:00

Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano)

Università IULM (IULM 1)

Via Carlo Bo, 1

20143 Milan

gamedesign.university

7 1/2 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SHORTEST FOUR-LETTER WORD IN GAMES

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

When players enjoy a game, they say, “That was fun!” When designers make, journalists review, or academics theorize about a game, the word fun rarely comes up. A word so commonplace as to sound meaningless and typically ignored, “fun" remains unmentioned by those who make and write about games. This talk looks beyond game development, game journalism and game studies for ideas to help us better understand the role of fun in games and beyond. Drawing on fields as diverse as cognitive psychology, anthropology, cultural theory, the philosophy of art, and sociology, Sharp explores the power and potential of fun as useful concept and tool for experiencing, thinking about, and understanding play.

historian, curator and educator with thirty years of involvement in the creation and study of art and design. John's current design work focuses on cultural games, artgames and non-digital games. His current research addresses game aesthetics, the processes of creativity, and the intersections of aesthetics and ethics. Sharp is Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design at the New School. He is the author of Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) and coauthor (with Colleen Macklin) of Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure and (with David Thomas) Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp and Macklin are Codirectors of the PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) at Parsons. John was the curator of Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) and A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, co-curator Jason Eppink) at the Museum of the Moving Image and co-curator of XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) at the Museum of Design-Atlanta. John’s Games include The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

7 OSSERVAZIONI E 1/2 SULLA PAROLA DI QUATTRO LETTERE PIÙ CORTA NEI GIOCHI

Quando un giocatore s’imbatte in un’esperienza ludica particolarmente avvincente, spesso esclama: "Wow, è veramente divertente!". Eppure designer, giornalisti e accademici raramente utilizzano il termine “divertimento” per riferisi ai videogiochi. Questo sostantivo è così vago e generico che persino chi sviluppa o scrive di videogiochi tende a ignorarlo. Beninteso, il fenomeno non riguarda solo game design, giornalismo e game studies, ma la cultura in quanto tale. In un avvincente excursus che attinge a piene mani dalla psicologia cognitiva, dall'antropologia, dalla teoria culturale, dalla filosofia dell'arte e alla sociologia - Sharp esplora il potenziale del divertimento per ripensare l’attività del giocare.

John Sharp è un designer, storico dell'arte, curatore ed educatore con trent'anni di esperienza nello sviluppo e nello studio dell'arte e del design. La sua ricerca si concentra sui videogiochi culturali, artistici e analogici, con particolare attenzione all'estetica videoludica, i processi creativi e le intersezioni tra estetica ed etica. Professore Associato alla Scuola di Arte, Media e Tecnologia della Parsons School of Design (New School), è l’autore di Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (MIT Press) e coautore (con Colleen Macklin) di Iterate.Ten Lessons in Design and Failure e (con David Thomas) Fun, Taste, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (MIT Press). Sharp e Macklin sono i direttori del PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) alla Parsons School of Design. Ha curato numerose mostre tra cui Spacewar!: Videogames Blast Off (2012) e A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games (2018, insieme a Jason Eppink) al Museum of the Moving Image. Ha co-curato XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design (2013) al Museum of Design-Atlanta. Come designer, ha realizzato The Metagame (2015) and Losswords (2019).

John Sharp is a designer, art