Please join the Department of Indigenous Studies for a research talk by Waylon Wilson, Skarù:rę (Tuscarora) Nation, Deer clan and Ph.D. Candidate in Performing & Media Arts at Cornell University.

Designing Anti-Colonial Video Game Culture

Can “Critical Play” make an anti-colonial intervention in game play? The interactive subjectivity of the gamer in 21st century play demands new strategies for designing game space. Taking inspiration from theories of Critical Play, Reflective Game Design, and Indigenous methodologies, new approaches to game development are considered. What are accountable strategies for game development that focus on collaborative, community centered, and ethical play? Conscious of the limits of technological structures like coding resources, animation stocks and prefabricated digital assets, Indigenous design demands a redesign of video game culture.

This in-person event will take place in 212 O’Brian Hall and will also be available via Zoom. Please email indigenous-studies@buffalo.edu for Zoom login information.