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Gaming Events

Upcoming Events:

That’s it for this semester! Stay tuned for more events next semester!

Past Events:

Self-Narrating Play Dr. Rob Gallagher

Nazi Brains & Klan Guts: Playing with Alternative History and Overlapping Traumas in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Presented by Zayla Crocker

GPU Shaders as Metaphors for and materializers of Experience Dr. Kelsey Brod This media-archaeological presentation examines fundamentals of shader languages—vectors and trigonometric functions—to explore how games and other digital simulations compress and standardize human perception.

Enter the Zone: Stalker Watch and Play The Carolina Slavic Club, Kino Corner, and the Critical Game Studies Program Collaborate to gather and discuss all things "Stalker," the Soviet era science fiction cult classic! The event in which we will play S.T.A.L.K.E.R., a video game loosely based on the film Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky), has been POSTPONED until February 27th. RSVP on Heel life to attend the upcoming game event.

YXBA: A Graduate Critical Play Salon Presents GTA 5 Playthrough and Discussion on Monday, January 27th in Greenlaw 316 from 7 to 9 p.m. Do you want to play a game? Graduate students interested in critical game studies are invited to come to the Greenlaw Gameroom to play video games and engage in lively academic discussion on the material. Intended to be a causal, fun way to discuss texts outside the literary tradition! Any level of gamer is welcome. Join us for our monthly events! Image includes the Los Angeles skyline and the Grand Theft Auto cover)

"Honest Recreation" from Hamlet to Elsinore

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