Jesse Schell: Visions of the Gamepocalypse
Tue, Jul 27 2010
Novellus Theater at YBCA
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Jesse Schell: Visions of the Gamepocalypse
Tue, Jul 27 • 7:30pm • reception following
$10 general admission
FREE for YBCA and Long Now Foundation members!
Games perpetually revolutionize computer use toward denser interaction with the human mind. To do that, they perpetually revolutionize themselves. Understanding the next frontiers of the genre is one way to understand where society is going.
In this talk Jesse Schell explores the social, cognitive, and technological trends in computer game design and use.
Watch Jesse Schell's now famous presentation at DICE 2010 on the future of gaming
Jesse Schell is the CEO of Schell Games, the author of the authoritative text, The Art of Game Design: a book of lenses, and a Professor of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon, specializing in Game Design. At Walt Disney, he was Creative Director of the Imagineering VR Studio.
Contact nick@ybca.org for details or questions about tickets for Long Now Foundation members.
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