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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Such simple electronics…such awesome power
Such simple electronics…such awesome power Continue reading
Cyberpunk: Past and Future
This Friday, Geoff Long and I will run a collaborative storytelling workshop during Cyberpunk: Past and Future, a special event at USC Visions & Voices co-curated by professors Henry Jenkins, Scott Fisher, and Howard Rodman. Later, we’ll be publishing some … Continue reading
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Tagged bruce sterling, co-creation, cyberpunk, futures, geoff long, howard rodman, scott fisher, visions and voices, workshops, worldbuilding
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What Hockey Wants: Drama, Narrative, and Sports
My paper, “What Hockey Wants: Drama, Narrative, and Sports,” was published this month (just in time for the Stanley Cup playoffs) in Well Played Journal from ETC Press. The paper draws on game studies, literary theory, psychology, and other disciplines … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, encoded narrative, games, hockey, ludonarrativity, narrative, sports, well played, writing
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GDC Vault – Teaching Games with Games 2
GDC 2015 Education Summit Panel featuring Celia Pearce, Jeff Watson, Eric Zimmerman, Andy Nealen, Brenda Romero, and Tracy Fullerton. Moderated by Colleen Macklin and John Sharp. Viewable for free on GDC Vault. One of our best tools for teaching games … Continue reading
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Tagged andy nealen, brenda romero, colleen macklin, eric zimmerman, john sharp, tracy fullerton
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Making process visible
“I saw scores as a way of describing all such processes in all the arts, of marking process visible and thereby designing with process through scores. I saw scores also as a way of communicating these processes over time and … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, lawrence halprin, participation, process architecture, process design, rsvp cycles, scores
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Worldbuilding at Berlinale Talents 2015
As entertainment properties become increasingly spatialized and nonlinear, spreading across diverse platforms, contexts, and modes, how might they benefit if the ways in which they are developed were to undergo similar changes? What alternative approaches exist to the traditionally linear … Continue reading
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Tagged alex mcdowell, berlin, berlinale talents, bruno setola, juan diaz, process design, rilao, worldbuilding
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Plane shadow in sun halo on clouds over Berlin
Plane shadow in sun halo on clouds over Berlin Continue reading
LA sunsets never get old
LA sunsets never get old Continue reading
On my desk this morning: a gift (and some advice) for the new year from @kinojabber
On my desk this morning: a gift (and some advice) for the new year from @kinojabber Continue reading
Syllabus: Documentary and Activist Games (CTIN-499)
Filmmaker John Grierson famously described documentary cinema as “the creative treatment of actuality.” Documentary films can illuminate unseen processes, broaden our awareness of the past and present, and challenge us to make a better future. How might games achieve similar … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, courses, ctin-499, documentary, game design, games, imgd, serious games, usc
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