I’m giving a talk this week as part of Sheffield Uni’s LGBT+ history month events. I’ll be looking at queer games in a very messy and vulnerable way, so I’m kind of hoping it’ll only be a small crowd, but if you do happen to be around and want to come along I’d love to see you there. Details below.

Lunchtime talk - Zoyander Street

'Exploring the recent history of "queer games"'

Thursday 28th February 2019 12.30pm - 1.30pm Arts Tower, Level 1 Boardroom

​Zoyander Street is an artist and critic, and is currently undertaking a PhD in the department of Sociology at Lancaster University. Their PhD thesis is about how game developers working on emerging platforms have conceptualised the emotions of players. More generally, their research is aimed at the generation of sympathetic critiques of technocultures and non-dualistic queer readings of human-computer interaction.

Zoyander will talk about the recent history of independent videogames that express LGBTQ+ perspectives. The talk will explore questions about what we expect from art scenes, queer spaces, and digital media, and what happens when we don’t get what we expected.

The session will conclude with Q&A.

Coffee and cake will be provided, please feel free to bring your own lunch. All University staff and students welcome.

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