Playthink

Hi folks,We’re continuing this semester’s roll-call of great ‘playthink’ salon events next Tuesday, with a special edition of playthink subtitled ‘Games and the Museum’.When:Tuesday, October 14th from 6pm to 9pmWhere:SCI 201 on the second floor of the School of Cinematic Arts SCI buildingFormer USC Games professor William Huber (now teaching at Abertay in Scotland) is in town – he and I are part of an effort to organize a huge, first-of-its kind exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in

The USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Game Innovation Lab would like to invite you to the first Playthink of the Fall semester!When:Tuesday, September 9th from 6pm to 9pmWhere:SCI 201 on the second floor of the School of Cinematic Arts SCI buildingPlaythink has become a lively nexus of community for USC Games. With the banner line of “games and play as art and culture”, we meet a few times a semester to host wide-ranging, audience-participatory discussions of the history, present and futures of games

USC’s Interactive Media and Games Division would like to invite you to playthink@USC: April 2014 on Tuesday, April 15 from 6pm to 9pm in SCI 201. Topics will include…Porpentine, speaking of her work designing games and working in the communityJose Sanchez, speaking of the intersection of space, games, and architectureKeenan “Criken” Mossiman, discussing his youtube-based gameplay videosWhat playthink@USC April 2014WhereSCI 201WhenApril 15, 6 – 9pm

The Game Innovation Lab is hosting the next playthink salon on Tuesday, March 11 from 6pm-9pm. The meeting will focus on discussion, and topics will include:William Novak, talking about the Power GloveSteve Anderson, discussing televisual depictions of games and gamersAlan Wagner, discussing Flappy BirdThe salon will be held in the SCI 201 thinktank space and is open to all (but seats are limited, so come early!)!

Tuesday,January 28, 2014SCI 201(2nd Floor, in the “thinktank”)3470 McClintock Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90089Open to everyone in the USC CommunityJoin us for an evening of discussion and conversation. Featured topics include Brendon Chung speaking about his game, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Richard Lemarchand discussing Eric Zimmerman’s Manifesto for a Ludic Century, Tracy Fullerton covering Myst, and Steve Anderson on David Cronenberg’s Body Mind Change.If you plan to attend, please read Eric’s Manifesto for

Tuesday, November 12, 2013SCI 301 (Third Floor, The Game Innovation Lab)3470 McClintock Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90089Open to everyone in the USC CommunityJoin us for an evening of lecture, discussion, and conversation. Featured speakers include Zak S. presenting his tabletop RPG, Vornheim, Richard Lemarchand reflecting on Katamari Damacy, Raghav Bashyal leading a conversation on Tale of Tales’ not-manifesto Beautiful Art Program, and Kurosh ValaNejad discussing the politics of language around