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Twofivesix
May 11, 2013
“Twofivesix is a one-day conference devoted to the spaces between games, play, interaction and creativity. Targeting game designers, digital creatives, and platform builders, our conference aims to show what games can teach other industries and what other industries can teach games.”
From the website:
“When we started Kill Screen, we wanted to show the world why games matter. We think an integral part of this story lies at the intersection between videogames and the rest of the world. Games are a lens to view life in a new and fantastic way. We believe games have a lot to teach culture and culture has a lot to teach games.
We’ve worked with game designers in the past, but we thought, what better way to nurture cross-pollination than to bring some of the brightest gaming minds and sharpest folks from outside games into the same room?
New York City is becoming one of the most exciting game scenes on the planet. We are already seeing the influence of the city’s vibrant arts, design, music and tech communities brought to bear on some amazing videogame projects, and we’re happy to call Brooklyn our home. Twofivesix will bring together some of the best and brightest who share this ethos to discuss the future of games.”
Keynote Speakers:
- Tim Schafer (Founder, Double Fine Productions),
- Dan Connors (CEO, Telltale Games),
- Rod Humble (CEO, Linden Lab)
- Yancey Strickler (Co-founder, Kickstarter),
- Paola Antonelli (Senior Curator, Architecture + Design, MoMA),
- Dennis Crowley (Co-founder, Fourquare),
- Zach Klein (Co-founder, Vimeo),
- Robin Hunicke (Executive Producer, Journey, Flower)
- David Merrill (Co-founder, Sifteo),
- Palmer Lucky (Creator, Occulus Rift)
- Nicholas Felton (Lead designer, Facebook)
- Matt Boch (Project Director, Dance Central 3)
- Christopher Paretti (Head of design, GREE)
- Mike Sespo (Co-founder, Major League Gaming)
- Jeffrey Yohalem (Lead writer, Far Cry 3)
- Andy Hunter (Publisher, Electric Literature)
- Chris Poole (Founder, DrawQuest / 4chan)
- Jeffrey Lin (Lead designer (Social Systems), Riot Games)
- Constance Steinkuehler (Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science + Technology Policy, White House)
- Bill Squadrion (President, Bloomberg Sports)
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