Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 31 minutes ago
Please watch as we welcome the newest member of the Game Center faculty to the lecture series stage. The roots of games are deeply entangled with magic and religion. Before they were pastimes, games were sacred ceremonies in which we peered into the future. In this talk, mattie will explore the ways in which games’ history as divination suggests possible futures for their relationship to community, culture, and the struggle to make the world a better place.
This presentation was streamed live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter on December 3rd, 2020.
Introduction from professor Naomi Clark begins at 5:33
Splash music is Solace by Qix provided to us by Martin Nayeri
qixx.bandcamp.com/releases
Please watch as we welcome the newest member of the Game Center faculty to the lecture series stage. The roots of games are deeply entangled with magic and religion. Before they were pastimes, games were sacred ceremonies in which we peered into the future. In this talk, mattie will explore the ways in which games’ history as divination suggests possible futures for their relationship to community, culture, and the struggle to make the world a better place.
This presentation was streamed live at twitch.tv/nyugamecenter on December 3rd, 2020.
Introduction from professor Naomi Clark begins at 5:33
Splash music is Solace by Qix provided to us by Martin Nayeri
qixx.bandcamp.com/releases
