Our panel proposal has been accepted to the 33rd annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference in February; I’m very excited to be back on the conference horse, so to speak. The panel will examine genre in game studies, primarily video games however yours truly will be working with pen-and-paper RPGs!

Panel and Lineup:

Disputed Territory: Approaching Genre In Games

  • “Check all the requisite boxes”: Defining Genre in Gaming

    • Wendi Sierra, North Carolina State University

  • What Stories “Do” in Video Games

    • Christopher Kampe, North Carolina State University

  • A Genre of Rolls: The Problem of Genre in the Other Gaming Industry

    • Jameson Hogan, North Carolina State University

  • Hack ‘n Slash: The Misunderstood Video Game Genre

    • Chris Vian, University of Central Oklahoma