{"74005":{"#nid":"74005","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Video Games Symposium Features Industry Leaders","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the School of Literature, Communication and Culture celebrate the tenth anniversary of digital media degree programs at Georgia Tech with the Living Games World Symposium on March 16 at The Biltmore. The day-long symposium will feature experts from industry and academia discussing issues such as the future of entertainment, creativity and narrative and game worlds. Representatives from gaming heavy weights such as Entertainment Arts (EA), EA Tiburon, Maxis and Turner Broadcasting will speak.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWill Wright, designer of some of the most popular video games including The Sims, SimCity, and SimAnt, will present \u0022Content, Compression and Creativity\u0022 at 8:45 a.m. and will participate in several additional sessions at the Symposium.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Will Wright has shown that you can make best-selling games that engage people in complex problem solving about realistic situations,\u0022 says Janet Murray, professor and director of graduate studies in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. \u0022When you play one of Will\u0027s games you are trying to make a city more prosperous without damaging the environment, or trying to make two roommates with opposing personalities get along better. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022His games are popular across demographic groups, with adults as much as kids and women as much as men. They are all characterized by putting the player in a creative role and allowing the players to share the fruits of their creativity with one another. Will Wright has tremendously expanded the possibilities of game formats and game play. Will has also played a crucial role in fostering serious intellectual discussion among game designers and between game designers and academic researchers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParticipants include: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Will Wright, chief designer and cofounder of Maxis and designer of SimCity and The Sims\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Bing Gordon, chief creative officer of Electronic Arts (EA), the leading videogame company\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Steve Chiang, general manager, EA Tiburon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Christopher Klaus, founder and CEO, Klaus Entertainment (Atlanta)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Blake Lewin, vice president of new product development, Turner Broadcasting Systems\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Paul Marino, executive director, Academy of Machinima Arts \u0026amp; Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Dale Herigstad, executive creative director, Schematic\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Lassi Tasaj\u00e4rvi, Evenlake Studios (Finland) and author of \u0022DemoScene\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* And more...\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRegistration is required. To RSVP and view the detailed agenda, visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRegistration and Coffee \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EWelcome and Overview \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKenneth Knoespel, Chair, School of Literature, Communication \u0026amp; Culture, Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJanet Murray, Director of Graduate Program in Digital Media, Georgia Tech \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill Wright, Chief Designer and Co-founder, Maxis\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Content, Compression and Creativity\u0022 \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPanel:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003EProcedural Narrative and the Future of Story Games \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSteve Chiang (EA Tiburon)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChris Crawford (Game Designer \u0026amp; Author)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMichael Mateas (Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJay Bolter (Georgia Tech), Moderator\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill Wright, Respondent \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E Break \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E11:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPanel:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003EProcedural Content \u0026amp; the Creation of Game Worlds \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAmy Bruckman (Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIrfan Essa (Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKen Perlin (NYU)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLassi Tasaj\u00e4rvi (Evenlake Studios \u0026amp; Author)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSteve Cross (Georgia Tech), Moderator\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill Wright, Respondent \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E12:45 a.m. - 1:45 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLunch\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBing Gordon, Chief Creative Officer, EA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022\u003Cem\u003EDeveloping and Educating Creative Leaders at EA\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E2:00 a.m. - 3:30 a.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPanel:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003EComputational Power \u0026amp; The Future of Entertainment \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDale Herigstad (Schematic)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChris Klaus (Klaus Entertainment)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBlake Lewin (Turner Broadcasting)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPaul Marino (Academy of Machinima Arts \u0026amp; Sciences)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJanet Murray (Georgia Tech), Moderator\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill Wright, Respondent \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3:30 a.m. - 5:30 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EDemos, Exhibits, \u0026amp; Reception \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Literature, Communication and Culture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe School of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC) in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts offers several undergraduate and graduate degrees in digital media. The LCC faculty collaborates extensively with faculty in the College of Computing and the interdisciplinary Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full agenda is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Presentation by Will Wright, the creator of The Sims and SimCity"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The School of Literature, Communication and Culture celebrates the tenth anniversary of digital media degree programs at Georgia Tech with the Living Games World Symposium on March 16. The event features gaming experts from industry and academia.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Features gaming experts from industry and academia"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-03-08 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2005-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74006":{"id":"74006","type":"image","title":"Games symposium graphic of street scene","body":null,"created":"1449178037","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:17","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"}},"media_ids":["74006"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Literature, Communication, and Culture"},{"url":"http:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\/","title":"Living Game Worlds IV"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}