Speaking

Upcoming Talks

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Previous Talks and Installations

• Game Developers Conference, February 28 – March 3 – “The Prototyping of Tragedy: One Falls for Each of Us”
• Game Developers Conference, February 28 – March 3 – “Social Game Developers Rant” panel
• Game Developers Conference, February 28 – March 3 – “Game Education Rant” panel
• Game Developers Conference, February 28 – March 3 – “Microtalks” panel
• Game Developers Conference, February 28 – March 3 with Laralyn McWilliams – “Intuition vs. Metrics: The Evolution of Social Games”
• San Francisco Game Developers Workshop, February 2011 with John Romero – “Developing Ravenwood Fair”
• IGDA San Francisco, February 2011 with John Romero – “Developing Ravenwood Fair”
• Euphrat Museum, February 2011 – “Games Like Photographs”
• Euphrat Museum, September 2010 to February 2011 – “Learn to Play” Exhibit
• DevLearn, November 2010 – “Using Game Design for Educational Engagement”
• IndieCade, October 2010 – “Prototyping of Tragedy”
• USC, October 2010 – “Train”
• Lolapps, August 2010 – “Multi-linear Narratives: Letting the Player Direct Play”
• Gamesauce, July 2010 – “Women in Games panel”
• LOGIN, May 2010 – “Leave your polygons at the door: Transitioning from AAA to Social Games”
• Strong Museum of Play, June 2010 – “Train”
• Innovations in e-Learning Conference (workshop), June 2010 – “Game Design Improv”
• Foundations of Digital Entertainment, June 2010 – “Social Games Panel”
• Game Developers Conference, March 13-18, 2010 – “Train”
• Game Developers Conference, March 13-18, 2010 – “Why Gaming Veterans are Flocking to Social Gaming”
• Art History of Games, February 3-4, 2009 – “One Falls for Each of Us: The Prototyping of Tragedy”
• Montreal Game Summit, November 16-17, 2009 – “How I Dumped Electricity and Learned to Love Design”
• Geekend (Savannah, GA) November 7, 2009 – “How I Dumped Electricity and Learned to Love Design”
• Innovative Professor Conference (Keynote), October 25, 2009 – “Game Design and Game Theory Applied to the Classroom”
• IndieCade (Culver City, CA), October 1, 2009 – “Emotionally Challenging Games”, panel.
  • Train installed at Greg Fleishman gallery
  • Train wins Vanguard Award for game design

• Austin Game Developers Conference, September 13-18, 2009 – “How I dumped electricity and learned to love design.”
• Full Sail University, August 17, 2009 – “How I dumped electricity and learned to love design.”
• Game Education Summit, Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center, Pittsburg, PA, June 16-17 – “The Making of a Gallery Game : A Post Mortem in Progress” and “Industry and Academia, In Search of Love”
  • Train and Siochan Leat installed
• Games for Health, Boston, MA, June 11-12, 2009 -“A Design Review of Sexual Content, Sexually Mature Themes in Games, and Games About Sex”
• MIT Gambit Lab, Cambridge, MA, June 8-10, 2009 -“How I dumped electricity and learned to love design”
  • Train and Siochan Leat installed
• Innovations in e-Learning Symposium, George Mason University, June 3-5, 2009, Fairfax, VA – How to Do Game Design Workshop & Game Jam
• Games for Change, Parsons, May 26-29, 2009, NYC, NY – Workshop 101, \
  • Train installed
• Triangle Game Summit, “How I dumped electricity and learned to love design” – April 2009, Raleigh, NC.
• Game Developers Conference – March 2009, San Francisco, CA
• Video Game Expo, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008
• Project Horseshoe, Middle of Nowhere, TX, November 2008 (invitee)
• SiegeCon, Atlanta, GA, October 2008
• Austin Game Developers Conference, Austin, TX, September 2008
• China Joy (via telecast w/interpreter), Bejing, China, June 2008
• Digital Game Expo, Raleigh, NC, June 2008
• Digital Downtown Arts Festival, Columbus, OH, May 2008
• Game Developers eXchange, Atlanta, April 2008
• Women in Games International, Atlanta, April 2008
• Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, February 2008
• The Telfair Museum, Jepson Center for the Arts, “The Magic of Video Games”, January 2008
• IGDA Orlando Chapter, “Murder, Sex and Censorship”, Full Sail, December 2007
• Georgia Technology Student Association, “Game Design 101”, “The World of Game Development”, November 2007
• SiegeCON Atlanta, October 2007
• Women in Games International – Austin, “She Got Game”, September 2007
• Women in Film and Television Atlanta, August 2007
• Idea City, Toronto, Ontario, June 2007
• Game Developers Exchange, “Sex in Games”, April 2007
• Women in Games International, “The Ultimate Challenge: Balancing Work and Personal Life”, April 2007
• Women in Games International, Electronic Arts, “The Balancing Act,” roundtable, March 2007
• Game Developers Conference 2007, “Sex in Games: Design Issues” roundtable, “Sex in Games: The Business End”, roundtable, “Accessibility Idol Design Challenge,” panel lecture, “IGDA International Case Blasts”, panel lecture, “The Importance of Social Networking to Casual Games” (sponsored session), lecture, March 2007
• Tomball College, “Murder, Sex and Censorship” lecture, December 2006
• Montreal Games Conference, “Sex in Games” lecture, November 2006
• DragonCon, “Sex in Games” and “Murder, Sex and Censorship”, September 2006
• Sex in Video Games Conference, Opening Keynote & Conference Chair, June 2006
• GDX Atlanta, “Murder, Sex and Censorship” lecture, May 2006
• Game Developers Conference 2006, “Sex in Games: Hardcore” roundtable, “Sex in Games” lecture, “Murder, Sex and Censorship” panel moderator, March 2006
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Sex in Games” lecture, February 2006
• Women’ Games Conference, October 2005, “Sex in Games” lecture
• The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University, October 2005, “Issues in the Video Game Industry”, lecture
• Savannah College of Art & Design, October 2005, “Issues in the Video Game Industry”, lecture
• Future Play Conference, October 2005, “You Want Me To Make a Game About What?” IP Workshop, “Sex in Games” panel member
• Albany IGDA Group, September 2005, “Murder, Sex and Censorship: Why You Should Care”
• Clarkson University, September 2005, “Game Designers – Breaking into the Industry”
• Boston Post Mortem, August 2005, “Murder, Sex and Censorship: Why You Should Care”
• Montgomery College, May 2005, “Game Designers – Breaking into the Industry”
• Game Developers Conference 2005, “Sexuality in Games: When is it Appropriate?” roundtable, March 2005