Speakers
Patrick LeMieux, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
Patrick LeMieux is a media artist, game designer, electronic musician, and associate professor in the Cinema and Digital Media Department at the University of California, Davis. His research and teaching engage game studies, media theory, and art making to explore the material practices and community histories of play, from speedrunning, modding, and esports to installation art, modular synthesis, and alternative control. He is the co-author of Metagaming with Stephanie Boluk and the creator of small games like Footnotes, Triforce, and the Octopad, an eight-player controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System.