The Center for Game Culture and Virtual Worlds is proud to kick off its 2011-12 Distinguished Speaker Series with a panel of speakers.
All lectures will be held in 6011 Donald Bren Hall at the University of California, Irvine unless otherwise noted below.
The Series is open to the public at no charge. Video recordings of some of the seminars are available below.
Date | Title | Speakers |
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“Understanding the games and the business of the games business“ |
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“ Rob Pardo speaks about Blizzard game design“ |
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“Developing and Publishing Freetoplay MMOs : From A to Z“ |
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“Game Design for Massively Multiplayer Games “ |
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“Opportunities in Immersive Gaming“ |
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“The Beautiful Road: A Writer’s Guide to Putting Gameplay First“ |
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“Matchmaking and Ladder Design“ |
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“The Game Design of STARCRAFT II: Designing an E-Sport” |
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
5:00-7:00 p.m. DBH 6011 |
“The Design and Implementation process for developing the User Interface of WoW” |
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Past Seminars
2010-11 Seminar Series
2009-10 Seminar Series