Gaming at UChicago

In this talk, Professor Patrick Jagoda argued that games in the early twenty-first century should be conceived not merely as objects, forms, or activities, but as nothing less than a unique mode of experimental thought and learning. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Through the UChicago Weston Game Lab in Crerar Library, students, faculty, and staff will collaborate the research and development of games—whether digital, board, card, or alternate reality—that produce social impact or experiment with form. Participants will also be able to research the history of games from technical and theoretical perspectives, attend workshops that afford new development skills, and organize collaborative groups for game-based experiments. More on UChicago's M.A.D.D. Lab: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make

The newly designed John Crerar Library at UChicago reflects the spirit of modern computer & data science: collaboration across boundaries. The innovative Media Arts, Data, and Design Center provides resources for video game design and research, digital fabrication, data visualization, and GIS methods. For more information visit: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

A months-long ARG called "Terrarium" was an ambitious #UChicago faculty-led project meant to encourage incoming students to work collaboratively, develop a sense of community and learn the kind of rigorous inquiry at the heart of UChicago’s core values. Developed by Patrick Jagoda, the ARG is set in a post-apocalyptic world in the year 2049, Terrarium provided clues and puzzles via online videos and group chats over the summer to help students develop innovative proposals about climate change. Full Story: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would l

During an April 9 livestream of the popular late-night discussion series Night Owls—the event’s virtual debut—philosopher Agnes Callard and fellow UChicago scholar Patrick Jagoda talked about rules in games, and the difference between cheaters and spoilsports. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Prof. Patrick Jagoda and Assoc. Prof. Kristen Schilt are designing alternate reality games that allow players to become active participants not just as players, but as designers. By using these games to educate users about climate change, marginalization and public health, these scholars and players are investigating how the process of crafting alternate realities can help reshape the real world in which we live. Patrick Jagoda and Kristen Schilt are designing alternate reality games that allow players to become active participants not just as players, but as designers. What is the most popular form of media today: Movies? Music? Books? Nope, it’s video games. With 2.5 billion gamers today, games are set to be the type of media that most defines our world. And two scholars at the University of Chicago are re-thinking how to leverage them in a way to address some of the world’s biggest issues. Shownotes and Full Transcript: Subscribe to Big Brains on... The Web: Google Podcasts: Apple P

Patrick Jagoda, professor of English and cinema and media studies, and Ashlyn Sparrow, assistant director of the Weston Game Lab at the University of Chicago, discuss how games can be leveraged for learning and social impact. The Weston Game Lab is making space for students to explore topics like climate change, diversity, finance, and education, all within the world of games. Even if you don’t consider yourself much of a gamer, you may discover how game mechanics are already part of your daily routine. Part of the virtual program for the University of Chicago Maroon Loyalty Society. Originally broadcast on April 7, 2021. More on the UChicago Maroon Loyalty Society: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News

The Weston Game Lab at the University of Chicago offers a space to research and develop games that build community, spur creativity, and generate social impact. On UChicago’s 6th annual Giving Day, your gift will support groundbreaking game development that empowers players to confront topics like structural inequality and climate change. Help the Weston Game Lab continue to be a global leader in the power of alternate realities by making a gift today: *** ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, pl