Please join us for Eyebeam Atelier's annual forum on technology and
culture which begins on Monday July 19th. This year's Online Critical
Forum is on digital game design and game culture and is called Re:PLAY
<http://www.eyebeam.org/replay>. This program is presented by Eyebeam
Atelier and Tech University of British Columbia. The forum is primarily
web-based, but there is an opportunity to subscribe to a condensed
version of the weeks' topics by emailing: replay@eyebeam.org

Re:PLAY will unite digital theorists, game developers, media critics,
computer scientists, scholars, researchers, hackers, and professional
game players with the public for a five-week intensive debate about the
past, present and future of games.

Re:PLAY is directed by Eric Zimmerman, game designer and Professor at
NYU ITP, and co-moderated by Laura Trippi and Ron Wakkary, Professors of
Interactive Arts at TechBC. Participants include John Buchanan
(Electronic Arts), Grey Costykian (game designer), Chris Crawford
(Erazmatazz), Dennis "Thresh" Fong (professional gamer), Richard
Garfield (Magic: the Gathering), Kori Inkpan (SFU), Henry Jenkins (MIT),
Maria Klawe (University of British Columbia), David Koenig (Gigawatt
Studios), Frank Lantz (NYU IPT, R/GA), Brenda Laurel (Purple Moon), Marc
LeBlanc (Looking Glass), Lev Manovich (UC San Diego), Brian Moriarty
(MPath), Anne Marie Schleiner (artist and curator), McKenzie Wark (media
and game critic), Johnny Wilson (Computer Gaming World), and Bernie Yee
(Sony Online).