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SUMMARY: Why So Serious? A Panel Discussion on Serious Games
LOCATION:OCAD U Auditorium
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/69697
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Contrary to popular opinion - in the wake of recent violence in the US - no=
t all games are about mindless, gun-based mayhem. Many games are being deve=
loped today that tackle broader, more meaningful issues: everything from en=
vironmental activism to food accessibility.

Join IGDA Toronto and a panel of industry experts for an evening dedicated =
to serious games: namely, games designed for a purpose other than just ente=
rtainment.

Moderator: Jesse Hirsh, CBC technology columnist.

Panelists:
- Jim Munroe, writer of Unmanned with Molleindustria, winner of two Games F=
or Change awards.
- Jennifer Jenson, a professor in the Faculty of Education at York Universi=
ty and co-creator of several educational games inc. a music game for Tafelm=
usik Baroque Orchestra.
- Jeremy Friedberg, co-founder & lead designer at Spongelab, an award-winni=
ng educational games studio.
- Benjamin Rivers, designer of the educational game Food Quest and recently=
 Home, an adventure-horror game.
- Alex Jansen, founder of Pop Sandbox and designer of Pipe Trouble, a polit=
ical game about Big Oil.

Location: OCAD U Auditorium, Room 190, 100 McCaul St.

The panel of serious games experts will attempt to answer the following que=
stions and more:

Why make serious games? Why skip the status quo?
How do you make a game serious, while playful?
Can they help games to be perceived as more valuable to society?

Join us after the panel at 9pm for some serious drinking at a local establi=
shment, location TBA.

FREE EVENT!
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