GaymerX East: Full Schedule

11:00am EST

LARP As Alternative Spaces: Improvising In A Blank Slate

Live action role-play games create fantastic new worlds for participants to immerse in and experience. But what presumptions do we bring to our games that mirror the preconceptions and biases of the real world? How do we design to queer our LARPs?

Speakers

Shoshana Kessock

CO-Founder, Phoenix Outlaw Productions

I am a game designer and writer who's been focusing on creating live action and tabletop RPGs for the better part of 10 years now. When I'm not creating live action games like SERVICE, Keeping the Candles Lit, The Last Ten Minutes, and Dangers Untold, I'm writing for John Wick Presents... Read More →

Sunday November 13, 2016 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
Dev Room 5306 Conference Imperial - 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036

Game Development Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Geek Diversity: Race & Culture Geek Diversity: Women & Feminism

3:30pm EST

Finding & Uprooting Toxic Masculinity and Heteronormativity in Game Design

We will analyze common game design conventions that can be based on problematic gender and sexuality norms, followed by discussion on what we can improve and how new designs could break from toxic versions of masculinity and heteronormativity.

Speakers

Fenix the Fox

Professor of Sociology

Geek and gaymer. Academic and sociologist. Queer and furry. That's me! I currently teach college full time and hold a Ph.D. in Sociology. I teach courses in general sociology, sexuality, gender, race, and a variety of other topics related to social inequality. I've been gaming... Read More →

Sunday November 13, 2016 3:30pm - 4:30pm EST
Panels C 6604 Conference Radio City - 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036

Game Development Geek Diversity: LGBTQ Geek Diversity: Women & Feminism

GaymerX East

11:00am EST

Shoshana Kessock

3:30pm EST

Fenix the Fox

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