2023-09-01 14:44:27
The Play Sorbonne Festival student game festival will be back for its 6th edition on Saturday September 16, 2023. Organized by passionate volunteers, the event celebrates gaming culture in all its forms, from video games to board games. The event will be held at the Pierre and Marie Curie campus of Sorbonne University.
Play Sorbonne Festival brings together players, developers, publishers and associations. The festival honors all these profiles to discover the complexity of the process of creating a game from start to finish and the daily reality of those who bring it to life. Among the guests of the 2023 edition are FibreTigre (author), Ken Bogard (host), Clément Viktorovich (political scientist), Maïa Mazaurette (author) and Lydia (content creator), gathered around a Role Playing program Game of Roles special Sorbonne. The festival will include fifteen board game authors as well as fifteen video game developers including Doc Geraud (Buissons, Larcin Lazer).
As part of a cycle of conferences, Play Sorbonne University gives the floor to researchers dealing with video games through questions of history, economics, gender or game design.
Several events are planned throughout the day:
Juliette LacharmeAssociate Monetization Director at Ubisoft Quebec: “Live and monetization at Ubisoft Quebec”
Lea Legouixart historian and researcher associated with the SFDAS: “Choosing Your Colors: The Chromatic History of Strategy Video Games”
Hippolyte CaubetDeveloper for Nerial Games / Devolver Digital and professor of video game cognitive sciences at Gobelins: “Game design of impotence: these games that sublimate our humanity”
Eve Ben-HaimAdvisor for the creation of realistic virtual worlds / Inspirational Content Advisor at Ubisoft: “Geography & Video games: worlds to build”
Sebastien GenvoProfessor at the University of Lorraine, Director of the Information – Communication Department and attached to the Center for Research on Mediations: “Emergence of research on video games in France”
Festival-goers will also be able to meet professionals in the sector, discover their games or take part in a Super Smash Bros. tournament. Ultimate to 256 players. Finally, Play Sorbonne University will offer a video game exhibition at the crossroads of the arts and sociology, through the work of Roger Caillois (Les Jeux et les Hommes, 1958).
To find out more regarding Play Sorbonne Festival, see the official site and the instagram account.
Practical information
Date: Saturday September 16, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Sorbonne University – Marie and Pierre Curie campus
4 Place Jussieu 75005 Paris
Metro: Jussieu (Line 7, Line 10)
Free entrance and free on registration
Reservation : https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-play-sorbonne-festival-701082535737
The entire festival is accessible to people with reduced mobility
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