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From Michelangelo to Mario Kart: The Arts in Video Games

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Partner:: swissnex San Francisco
Location:: swissnex San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 09.20.12
Speakers:: Robin Hunicke,; Henry Lowood,; Chris Solarski,; Eddo Stern
Tags:: Gaming; video games; visual art; Modern Art; art history

Summary: Would Leonardo da Vinci be a game designer if he were alive today? Cutting-edge scholars and gaming experts discuss the arts in video games.

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Robin Hunicke

Robin is a game designer, producer, and passionate advocate of experimental game play. Her titles include the bestselling downloadable PlayStation Network title Journey, as well as family-friendly franchises including the Sims 2, MySims, and Steven Spielberg's BOOM BLOX. An artist and computer scientist by training, Robin's goal is to bring positive, new, and unexpected gaming experiences to the public. Through her public speaking, volunteer work, and academic studies, she evangelizes fresh, broadly accessible ideas, sustainable work practices, and increased diversity in the gaming industry.

Henry Lowood

Henry Lowood is Curator for History of Science and Technology collections and for film and media collections at Stanford University. He is also a lecturer in the Introduction to the Humanities Program, the Science and Technology Studies Program, and the History and Philosophy of Science Program. Since 2000, he has led "How They Got Game," a research and archival preservation project devoted to the history of digital games and simulations. His project includes Stanford's contribution to a multi-university, interdisciplinary project called "Preserving Virtual Worlds," funded by the US Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. His most recent publication is The Machinima Reader, published by MIT Press and co-edited with Michael Nitsche.

Chris Solarski

Chris Solarski received a bachelor of arts in computer animation and began working as a 3D character and environment artist for Sony Computer Entertainment in London. Eventually, Solarski enrolled in art classes at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. During that time, he discovered the exciting connection between classical art techniques and video game design. Chris currently develops his own video games at Solarski Studio. He also works as creative director for the Swiss-based social-gaming startup Gbanga and lectures at SAE/QANTM Institute in Zurich.

Eddo Stern

Eddo Stern is an artist, game designer and the director of the UCLA Game Lab. He works on the disputed borderlands between fantasy and reality, exploring the uneasy and otherwise unconscious connections between physical existence and electronic simulation. He was the founder of the now retired art and technology cooperative C-level where he designed and co-produced the experimental computer gaming projects Waco Resurrection, Tekken Torture Tournament, Cockfight Arena. He is an Associate Professor in the Design Media Arts Department at UCLA, where he teaches courses on game development, design and culture in a art context. More about Eddo.

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01 hr 48 min 15 sec

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01.: Introduction

03 min 40 sec

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02.: Eddo Stern, Director of the UCLA Game Lab

10 min 42 sec

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03.: Personal Work

13 min 59 sec

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04.: Chris Solarski, Solarski Studios

03 min 12 sec

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05.: Primitive Shapes

02 min 07 sec

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06.: Compositional Lines

05 min 12 sec

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07.: Dynamic Composition

02 min 24 sec

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08.: Character Movement

02 min 58 sec

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09.: Shapes and Environment

04 min 34 sec

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10.: What Does This Mean for the Future of Game Design?

02 min 18 sec

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11.: What About the Player?

01 min 18 sec

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12.: Playing with Player Expectations

02 min 23 sec

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13.: Drawing Inspiration from Classic Art

03 min 03 sec

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14.: Robin Hunicke, Game Designer, Journey

02 min 06 sec

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15.: Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics

04 min 51 sec

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16.: Feel Everything

01 min 44 sec

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17.: Henry Lowood, Curator, History of Science and Technology, Stanford

01 min 42 sec

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18.: Fictional Worlds, Virtual Experiences

01 min 47 sec

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19.: Bang the Machine: Computer Gaming Art and Artifacts

01 min 58 sec

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20.: Game Capture: Archives of Multiplayer Game Worlds

03 min 49 sec

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21.: Panel Discussion

00 min 47 sec

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22.: Bringing Games Out of the Niche

06 min 33 sec

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23.: Writing in Games

08 min 17 sec

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24.: Audience Q & A

16 min 51 sec

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The Link Between Video Games and Classic Art

03 min 15 sec

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Chris Solarski, author of the newly released Drawing Basics and Video Game Art, explores the connections between the classical masters and today's game designers.
Robin Hunicke: Finding the Emotion in 'Journey'

04 min 02 sec

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Robin Hunicke, designer of the hit indie game "Journey", discusses how her team created an emotional experience through the combination of game mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics.
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01 hr 48 min 15 sec

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