Flier for the event, a slanted, graphical rhizome office hours sign, color blocked with 'with pippin barr' overlayered on top. Behind it, is a video from one of Pippin's games that allows the user to type text. Inside the speech bubble of the character, it says "March 30, 2023, 2pm est, online"

Office Hours : Browser as a Playground w/ Pippin Barr

Get ready for an office hours with Pippin Barr on March 30, 2pm est! Think we're going have a presentation from Pippin on playfulness in browsers, but also Pippin is working on a book currently ! "
The Stuff Games Are Made Of" <3

As always, we'll be on discord and streaming on twitch. Recording of this event will be made available on video.rhizome.org asap !

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Pippin Barr is an experimental game designer and Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University. He is a prolific maker of videogames, producing work addressing everything from airplane safety instructions to the nature of videogames and videogame technologies. He is a well-known figure in the independent and artistic videogame scenes, makes his source code and process documentation publicly available via his presence on GitHub. Pippin is the co-host of the podcast GAMETHING and his forthcoming book, The Stuff Games Are Made Of (2023, MIT Press), discusses videogame design from the perspective of its materials. Pippin's website, www.pippinbarr.com, organizes his diverse activities into a central location.

 

 

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