March 20, 2008
the art of play | symposium and arcade
March 31 and April 1, Carnegie Mellon University
Games are now generally acknowledged as culturally significant, comparable with film or television in their economic strength if not their public mindshare. But can they be art?
Jason Rohrer is a clear argument for the answer “yes”. And I wish I could attend the conference to hear him speak. There looks to be a great line-up of corporate and indie game designers, all of whom have done fantastic things. If you go, then I want pictures, video, or your thoughts. You can email the appropriate links here and consider me jealous.
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I think there is going to be oficial video of the speakers and panel posted soonish, all of which I thought were fantastic.
It’s nice to see an academic institution like Carnegie Mellon which is forward thinking enough to see past the popular prejudices against new mediums and host a symposium such as this one.
Fantastic, thanks for the tip, Mark. I completely agree and I feel like if there is any place Carnegie Mellon would be it. They seem like a pretty progressive institution when it comes to technology or so that is the sense I get from an old friend in the robotics department.
And “our” Elizabeth Perry is (or perhaps recently was) associated with the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon.