Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Jodi Byrd, Fox Harrell, Mitu Khandaker, Celia Pearce, Eddo Stern moderated by Patrick Jagoda

In this panel, representatives from the University of Chicago, MIT, Northeastern University, NYU, and UCLA discuss issues at the intersection of games and the academy: games and play as fields of study; play as educational tool and method; logistical hurdles to games in the classroom; and the academy as institutional, financial, political, and social context for game design pedagogy.