PAX East 2013 – The Shaft: Digging up all the Minecraft Nuggets
The Hosts of The Shaft have been there from the beginning of Minecraft, talking with Notch, over 100 Minecraft guests, and YouTube celebrities. Come listen as we discuss and talk about what made...
Martin Rae, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, will be bringing to PAX East a speaker from the 2013 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit stage. Randy...
Immediately after Storytime with Cliff Bleszinski, stick around for a Q&A session featuring Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade! Two mics, one heck of a time! And please, no “who would win in a...
You probably know Bleszinski from his work on the Jazz Jackrabbit games (and in particular, Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare), but those hardcore Cliff fans may also recognize his name from the obscure...
NACVGM 2020 – Stand by Me: Sounds of Queer Utopias and Homosexual Panic in Final Fantasy XV
When Final Fantasy XV was released in 2016, the JRPG highlighted several new features for the series including both open-world game play and an all-male central cast. The director Hajime Tabata...
NACVGM 2020 – Queer Aesthetics and Game Music, or, Has Video Game Music Always Been Queer?
Research concerning game music and identity has included discussions of gender (Austin, 2018), class (Ivănescu, 2018) and disability (Plank, 2018). This paper addresses issues of queer sexuality. ...
