Living Game Worlds Streaming Online & In Second Life

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***Don't miss the pioneers panel on Tuesday 1:00pm PST featuring members of this group!***

Living Game Worlds IV - Interplay: Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds

Streaming Online and in Second Life

December 1-2, 2008

Step in to the vanguard of digital gaming at Georgia Tech's 4th annual

Living Game Worlds symposium to be held December 1-2, 2008.   Ralph

Koster and Chris Klaus headline this year's conference which will

showcase "InterPlay," networked online play and the rapidly-growing

domains of multiplayer games and virtual worlds.  The symposium will

also feature a pioneers panel including luminaries Richard Bartle,

Brian Green, Randy Farmer and Pavel Curtis.  More details at

http://gameworlds.gatech.edu.

Come join us in Second Life for a day of watching the stream live,

playing Second Life board games, networking and chatting with

colleagues, and interacting with the speakers!  GVU Center,

http://slurl.com/secondlife/GVU%20Center/207/110/26

Video will be streaming live for non-Second Lifers at

http://gameworlds.gatech.edu/2008/streaming.html.

A conference-wide backchannel SL-IRC relay will be available at:

IRC clients: irc.quickfox.net, port 6667, #gameworlds

java client: http://javachat.quickfox.net/?channel=gameworlds

html client: http://webchat.quickfox.net/?channel=gameworlds

for more information: http://chat.on.quickfox.net/gameworlds

December 1:

(All times SLT/Pacific Standard Time)

*4:00 PM SLT - Evening Keynote*

-- Ralph Koster

December 2:

*6:00 AM SLT - Welcome & Intro*

-- Celia Pearce, Beth Mynatt

*6:15 AM SLT -Morning Keynote*

-- Chris Klaus

*6:45 AM SLT - Panel 1: Playing Well With Others: Collaboration in

Virtual Worlds and Games*

-- Jason Ellis, Amy Bruckman, Rhonda Lowry, Tim Holt

*8:00 AM SLT - Panel 2: Designing for New Audiences*

-- Emmi Kuusikko, Sam Lewis, Jason Achilli, Yasmin Kafai, Craig Kronenberger

*9:00 AM SLT - Lunch*

-- games, tea, and chatting in Second Life

-- Sneak Peak of Cartoon Network's FusionFall

*10:00 AM SLT - Panel 3:The City as Gameboard*

-- Susan Bonds, Ian Bogost, Blair McIntyre

*10:30 AM SLT - Panel 4: Shared Spaces (sponsored by ROSS)*

-- Michael Nitsche, Steffen P. Walz, Jay Bolter, Ali Mazalek, Doug

Wilson, Luke McCampbell

*12:00 PM SLT - Panel 5:Cultures of Virtual Worlds*

--Tom Boellstorff, Celia Pearce, Lisbeth Klastrup, TL Taylor

*1:00 PM SLT - Panel 6: Pioneers Panel*

--Richard Bartle, Pavel Curtis, Brian Green, Randy Farmer

--Celia Pearce (Moderator)

*2:30 PM SLT - Closing Remarks*

--Kenneth Knoespel, Janet Murray

Twitter hashtag #LGWIV, technorati/blogging/flickr everywhere else

LGWIV.  please email musec...@gmail.com if you are liveblogging!

Second Life, Web 2.0, & video streaming inquiries:

musec...@gmail.com or Muse Carmona in-world.

We plan to put on an accessible conference but if you need specific

assistance for a disability please notify us in advance.

The Second Life conference is produced by Katherine Mancuso (Muse

Carmona) & Betsy Gooch (Rinehart Miami) of the Georgia Tech

Experimental Game Lab, with help from dedicated volunteers Fauve Aeon

& Aberdon Enigma of Ardentia Ars (RL & SL clothing designs) and Varahi

Lusch of Buddha Wheel (a RL & SL serious game).  Celia Pearce, Blair

McIntyre, Brian Poole, and Don Schoner of the GVU Center provided

invaluable assistance, and Katherine would like to thank Joyce

Bettancourt (Vesuvius Group) and Evonne Kenzo (Amoration) for their

advice and support on mixed reality production.

In ev'ry job that must be done

There is an element of fun

We find the fun, and snap!

The job's a game!

            -Mary Poppins

......................................................

Celia Pearce, Ph.D.

Director, Experimental Game Lab

School of Literature, Communication & Culture

Georgia Institute of Technology

686 Cherry Street NW/Room 361

Atlanta, GA  30332-0165

mobile & text: +1 310 866-8014

e-mail: celia....@lcc.gatech.edu

Web sites:

  • EGL: http://egl.lcc.gatech.edu

  • Emergent Game Group: http://egg.lcc.gatech.edu

  • Ludica: www.ludica.org.uk

  • Virtual Cultures: http://virtualcultures.typepad.com

  • IndieCade: www.IndieCade.com

  • Celia Pearce & Friends (Design & Consulting): www.cpandfriends.com

Avatars:

  • There: Artemesia

  • Second Life: Artemesia Sandgrain

  • Uru: Artemesia, Dr.Artemesia

  • World of Warcraft: 

     --Thunderhorn: Artemesia & Xendria

     --Steamwheedle Cartel: Dyonesia

  • Guild Wars: Artemesia Aurora, Artemesia Ludica

  • Guild Wars Factions: Magdalena Ludica