Game designer, critic, and author Anna Anthropy on her new book "Rise of the Videogame Zinesters"
- When
- Wed Apr 18, 2012
- Where
- DIESEL, A Bookstore
- Time
- 7 pm
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Book Stores, Venues
Description
Oakland based game designer, critic, and author Anna Anthropy ends her US book tour in her hometown. We invite you meet the legendary pixel-provacateur who, according Publishers Weekly, "made a big stir in the world of small videogames." The author of the new book, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, and the creator of the Occupy Oakland game, Keep Me Occupied, and the game Dys4ia, about her experiences with hormone replacement therapy, Anna will be speaking at Diesel Bookstore about harnessing personal experiences and political opinions into powerful, easy-to-create indie video games. Anyone can create games and Anna will show you how!Part critical essay, part manifesto, part DIY guide, and altogether unprecedented, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters shows why the multi-billion dollar videogame industry needs to change—and how a new generation of artists can change it. Indie game designer extraordinaire Anna Anthropy makes an ardent plea for the industry to move beyond the corporate systems of production and misogynistic culture and to support games that represent a wider variety of human experiences.
Rise of the Videogame Zinesters is a call to arms for anyone who's ever dreamed of making their own games. Anna’s guide to game design encourages budding designers to bring their unique backgrounds and experiences to their creations and widen the playing field of an industry that has for too long catered to an adolescent male consumer base. Anna’s newest game, Dys4ia, an autobiographical game about her experiences with hormone replacement therapy, has been featured in The Penny Arcade, IndieGames, and TigSource.
If you would like to arrange an interview with Anna Anthropy or see an advanced copy of Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, please contact anne@sevenstories.com.
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