[CSENews] TOMORROW: CSE Lecture Series, Dr. Casey O'Donnell, 11am in EB3105

[Teresa Isela VanderSloot]

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*A Feel for the Hardware: Instrumental Rationality in Game Programming*

Dr. Casey O'Donnell
Telecomm, MSU
11am Friday, Nov. 30, 2012
EB3105
*Abstract: *
Software engineers working in game development often talk about their 
work in interesting ways. They talk about having a feel for "every 
transistor and chip inside that thing," when discussing game consoles 
and the labor of making games. In this lecture, I examine the work of 
engineers in the game industry and the "instrumental play" that 
characterizes what many of them see as missing from young 
undergraduates. Instrumental play characterizes a mode of engaging with 
the underlying software and hardware of game systems that is often 
distinguished by a simultaneously logical and intuitive exploration. 
This lecture also explores the complex intersection of engineering, art 
and design that occurs throughout the game development process.

*Bio:*
Casey O'Donnell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of 
Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media at Michigan State 
University. His research examines the creative collaborative work of 
videogame design and development. This research examines the cultural 
and collaborative dynamics that occur in both professional "AAA" 
organizations and formal and informal "independent" game development 
communities. His research has spanned game development companies from 
the United States to India. His research examines issues of work, 
production, copyright, as well as third world and postcolonial aspects 
of the videogame development workplace. Casey is also an active game 
developer, releasing his first independent game, "Osy," in February of 2011.
*Host:*
Dr. Yiying Tong




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Guoliang Xing

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University

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