[IGDA-NYC-announce] Panel Discussion: The Casual Revolution and the Future of Video Games

[Wade Tinney]

An interesting event this Thursday:

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Date: Thursday,  December 17th 2009 at 6pm
Place: 721 Broadway, room 006 
The Casual Revolution and the Future of Video Games
RSVP: gamecenter at nyu.edu

Join us for the book launch and panel debate for Jesper Juul's new book A
Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players, out now on MIT
Press.

It seems like only yesterday that video games were considered the province
of males between 12 and 35. Yet with the launch of the Nintendo Wii, with
the proliferation of casual games in browsers, with music games and cell
phone games, video games seem to have broken out of their cultural niche.

In this evening of debate, Jesper Juul (New York University Game Center)
will introduce the new book, followed by a panel discussion on the rise of
casual games and the future of video games. The panel consisting of Mia
Consalvo (MIT, author of Cheating), Nick Fortugno (Playmatics, formerly
Gamelab) and Greg Trefry (Gigantic Mechanic) will discuss topics such as:

-What are casual games, and where did they come from?
-Are casual games saving video games from cultural ghettoization, or are
they preventing video games from dealing with serious themes?
-Are traditional gamers right to feel threatened by casual games?
-Do game developers have an obligation to make games for everybody?
-How should game studies deal with new game forms and different types of
players?

Refreshments will be served.




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